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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Atlanta, GA

February 10, 1995Coweta County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 10, 1995, 8:04 PM EST for Coweta County, Georgia. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 10, 1995, 8:04 PM EST (01:04 UTC)
Expired
Feb 10, 1995, 9:00 PM EST
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Coweta County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 24 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 00:00Z on 1995-02-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 00:00Z on 1995-02-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
563 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 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 110110 RRA
SVRATL
GAC077-110200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
804 PM EST FRI FEB 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...COWETA COUNTY
 
AT 805 PM EST RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME EASTERN
HEARD COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM WILL PASS OVER NEWNAN BY
830 PM EST AND BE OVER EASTERN COWETA COUNTY BY 840 PM EST.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...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.
 
KM

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 10, 6:40 PM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-110045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
640 PM EST FRI FEB 10 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH NORTH GEORGIA...

A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED
ACROSS NEWTON AND MORGAN COUNTIES IN NORTH GEORGIA MOVING EAST AT 40
MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT LIGHTNING
...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AS THESE STORMS MOVE
THROUGH THE REGION. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE DUE
TO THE CONTINUED RAINFALL.

ELSEWHERE AN AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS MOST OF NORTH GEORGIA...EASTERN
ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. THE HEAVIEST OF THESE SHOWERS WAS
LOCATED ABOUT 40 MILES EAST OF ATHENS.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Feb 10, 6:44 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-110045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
640 PM EST FRI FEB 10 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH NORTH GEORGIA...

A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED
ACROSS NEWTON AND MORGAN COUNTIES IN NORTH GEORGIA MOVING EAST AT 40
MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT LIGHTNING
...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AS THESE STORMS MOVE
THROUGH THE REGION. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE DUE
TO THE CONTINUED RAINFALL.

ELSEWHERE AN AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
...SOME WITH HEAVY RAI8N CONTINUED ACROSS MOST OF NORTH GEORGIA...EASTERN
ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. THE HEAVIEST OF THESE SHOWERS WAS
LOCATED ABOUT 40 MILES EAST OF ATHENS.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Feb 10, 7:16 PM EST, 48 minutes before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-110220-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
716 PM EST FRI FEB 10 1995

...HEAVY RAIN MOVING OVER PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA...

AT 7 PM EST AN AREA OF RAIN WAS OVER PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA. THIS AREA
WAS GENERALLY ALONG A LINE FROM HENRY COUNTY TO FAYETTE COUNTY AND
WESTWARD THROUGH HEARD COUNTY AND INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA. EMBEDDED IN
THIS AREA OF RAIN WERE SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. MOVEMENT OF THE
AREA OF RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY...HOWEVER THE INDIVIDUAL
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE
CAPABALE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND WINDS GUSTING TO OVER
45 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER AREAS THAT
HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN. SINCE NOON TODAY AREAS FROM COWETA
COUNTY TO HENRY COUNTY HAVE ALREADY RECIEVED OVER ONE INCH OF RAIN.
PARTS OF HEARD AND CARROLL COUNTIES HAVE RECEIVED OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN
TODAY. THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALABAMA WHICH WILL BE MOVING OVER THESE
SAME AREAS ARE ALSO PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER AN INCH AN HOUR.

THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BRIEF URBAN AND SMALL STREAM
FLOODING FROM CARROL AND HEARD COUNTIES EASTWARD TO HENRY COUNTY.

MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN DRIVING IN AREAS OF
HEAVY RAIN. REMEMBER...DO NOT CROSS ANY ROADS THAT ARE FLOODED.

KM
Special weather statement, Feb 10, 7:45 PM EST, 19 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-110145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
745 PM EST FRI FEB 10 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA...

AT 740PM EST A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
WAS INDICATED ACROSS MORGAN...GREENE AND TALIAFERRO COUNTIES IN NORTH
GEORGIA MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE
STORMS CAN EXPECT LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY
DOWNPOURS. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

ELSEWHERE AN AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS MOST OF NORTH GEORGIA...EASTERN
ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. THE HEAVIEST OF THESE SHOWERS WAS
LOCATED ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ATLANTA.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Feb 10, 7:46 PM EST, 18 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-110145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
745 PM EST FRI FEB 10 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA...

AT 740PM EST A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
WAS INDICATED ACROSS MORGAN...GREENE AND TALIAFERRO COUNTIES IN NORTH
GEORGIA MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE
STORMS CAN EXPECT LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY
DOWNPOURS. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

ELSEWHERE AN AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS MOST OF NORTH GEORGIA...EASTERN
ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. THE HEAVIEST OF THESE SHOWERS WAS
LOCATED ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ATLANTA.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 10, 11:29 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCCarroll, Coweta, Heard3 hr
Feb 10, 11:29 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCFayette3 hr
Feb 11, 1:12 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCGreene, Taliaferro2 hr
Feb 11, 1:12 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCMorgan, Newton2 hr

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.