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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 340, NWS Atlanta, GA

September 1, 1995Banks County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 1, 1995, 4:36 PM EDT for Banks County, Georgia. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 1, 1995, 4:36 PM EDT (20:36 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 1995, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Banks County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 143 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1995-09-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 371 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1995-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
371 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-131 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1017 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KATL 012036 RRA
SVRATL
GAC011-013-157-012130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
436 PM EDT FRI SEP 1 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...BANKS COUNTY...BARROW COUNTY...JACKSON COUNTY
 
AT 434 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING
NEAR HOMER TO WINDER. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15
MPH. THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN WINDER REPORTED TREES DOWN NEAR WINDER.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL..D.DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
&&

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow54 min
Sep 1, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd52 min
Sep 1, 4:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Jackson54 min
Sep 1, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton, Rockdale48 min
Sep 1, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan41 min
Sep 1, 6:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSpalding41 min
Sep 1, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Jasper49 min
Sep 1, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar47 min
Sep 1, 7:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTalbot, Taylor54 min
Sep 1, 7:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMonroe36 min
Sep 1, 7:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Crawford50 min
Sep 1, 7:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones50 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.