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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 360, NWS Atlanta, GA

October 27, 1995Telfair County, Wheeler County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 27, 1995, 10:19 PM EDT for Telfair County, Wheeler County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 27, 1995, 10:19 PM EDT (02:19 UTC)
Expired
Oct 27, 1995, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Telfair County, GA, Wheeler County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:12 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

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 201 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 1995-10-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1611 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 1995-10-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1611 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1103 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
3.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 280218 RRA
SVRATL
GAC271-309-280300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1019 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...TELFAIR COUNTY...WHEELER COUNTY
 
AT 1017 PM EDT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
EXTNDING FROM CHAUNCEY TO COBBVILLE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM IS
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.
 
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, 5 hours 18 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, 5 hours 16 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.
Special weather statement, Oct 27, 7:21 PM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
GAZ027-036-037-046>048-052>055-057-066-067-280015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
716 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 1
Special weather statement, Oct 27, 7:21 PM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
GAZ027-036-037-046>048-052>055-057-066-067-280015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
716 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 1
Special weather statement, Oct 27, 8:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
GAZ038-039-049>051-056-058>060-068-070-280145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
843 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 1
Special weather statement, Oct 27, 8:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
GAZ038-039-049>051-056-058>060-068-070-280145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
843 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 1

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 27, 8:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens36 min
Oct 27, 9:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp29 min
Oct 27, 9:05 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCrisp25 min
Oct 27, 9:14 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCDooly, Wilcox46 min
Oct 27, 9:33 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCWilcox42 min
Oct 27, 9:45 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCDodge45 min

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.