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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 356, NWS Atlanta, GA

October 27, 1995Marion County, Taylor County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 27, 1995, 6:54 PM EDT for Marion County, Taylor County, Georgia. It was in force for 51 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 27, 1995, 6:54 PM EDT (22:54 UTC)
Expired
Oct 27, 1995, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Marion County, GA, Taylor County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 102 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°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 1995-10-27The 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 
WUUS1 KATL 272254 RRA
SVRATL
GAC197-269-272345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
654 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...MARION COUNTY...TAYLOR COUNTY
 
AT 653 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
NORTH OF BRANTLEY IN MARION COUNTY. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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

Local storm report, Oct 27, 5:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
501 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 1995

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION...STATE...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION..

456 PM        5S PERRY           GA    JUST S OF PERRY ON I75...GOLFBALL
10/27/95      HOUSTON CO               SIZE HAIL...REP;ORTED BY SPOTTER.
Local storm report, Oct 27, 5:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
501 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 1995

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION...STATE...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION..

456 PM        5S PERRY           GA    JUST S OF PERRY ON I75...GOLFBALL
10/27/95      HOUSTON CO               SIZE HAIL...REP;ORTED BY SPOTTER.

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, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly, Houston, Macon47 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, 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.