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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 352, NWS Atlanta, GA

October 27, 1995Dooly County, Houston County, Macon County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 27, 1995, 4:28 PM EDT for Dooly County, Houston County, Macon County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 27, 1995, 4:28 PM EDT (20:28 UTC)
Expired
Oct 27, 1995, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dooly County, GA, Houston County, GA, Macon County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 1995-10-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 1995-10-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 249 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-369 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
886 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
257 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 272027 RRA
SVRATL
GAC093-153-193-272115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
428 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...DOOLY COUNTY...HOUSTON COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...MACON COUNTY
 
AT 427 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES NORTHEAST OF AMERICUS MOVING NORTHEAST 45 MPH.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR P@ROTECTION 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.

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, Oct 27, 11:42 AM EDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>060-066-073-078>084-
091>098-103>113-272300-

AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1145 AM EDT FRI OCT 27 1995

...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND
PARTS OF CENRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THIS AREA
IS GENERALLY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM PRESTON TO DUBLIN...
EATONTON AND WASHINGTON. THIS AREA INCLUDES METROPOLITAN ATLANTA...
ATHENS AND MACON.

MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR IS STREAMING NORTH FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO IN
ADVANCE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH A STRONG
UPPER-LEVEL STORM SYSTEM TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA...WITH SOME STORMS POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE. STRONG
DAMAGING WINDS AND SOME LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE.

EVERYONE IN NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER
SAFETY RULES AND BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER SHOULD DANGEROUS WEATHER
CONDITIONS DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL
RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES.

SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND BE READY FOR
POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.

MSS
Special weather statement, Oct 27, 11:45 AM EDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>060-066-073-078>084-
091>098-103>113-272300-

AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1145 AM EDT FRI OCT 27 1995

...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND
PARTS OF CENRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THIS AREA
IS GENERALLY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM PRESTON TO DUBLIN...
EATONTON AND WASHINGTON. THIS AREA INCLUDES METROPOLITAN ATLANTA...
ATHENS AND MACON.

MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR IS STREAMING NORTH FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO IN
ADVANCE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH A STRONG
UPPER-LEVEL STORM SYSTEM TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA...WITH SOME STORMS POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE. STRONG
DAMAGING WINDS AND SOME LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE.

EVERYONE IN NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER
SAFETY RULES AND BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER SHOULD DANGEROUS WEATHER
CONDITIONS DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL
RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES.

SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND BE READY FOR
POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.

MSS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 27, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter51 min
Oct 27, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas, Heard47 min
Oct 27, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Fulton42 min
Oct 27, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Troup42 min
Oct 27, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkinson37 min
Oct 27, 6:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Taylor51 min
Oct 27, 7:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon, Peach35 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.