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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 362, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 11, 1995Carroll County, Coweta County, Heard County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 11, 1995, 7:33 AM EST for Carroll County, Coweta County, Heard County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 11, 1995, 7:33 AM EST (12:33 UTC)
Expired
Nov 11, 1995, 8:15 AM EST
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Carroll County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Heard County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 46 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 1995-11-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-11-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 586 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
560 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
586 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
870 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 111234 RRA
SVRATL
GAC045-077-149-111315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
733 AM EST SAT NOV 11 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN COWETA COUNTY
   ...HEARD COUNTY
 
AT 735 WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF FRANKLIN MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 55 MILES AN HOUR.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PRNOTECTION 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, Nov 11, 4:00 AM EST, 3 hours 33 minutes before
GAZ005>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
091>098-103>113-111600-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
500 AM EDT SAT NOV 11 1995

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY OVER NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA EXCEPT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA
MOUNTAINS.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY
AND OFF THE COAST THIS EVENING. A MOIST AIRMASS WILL BECOME UNSTABLE
RAPIDLY LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS IN THE LOWER
LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE INDCICATE THAT THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE
DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. LARGE HAIL IS
ALSO POSSIBLE.

ACTIVATION OF SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED TODAY.

BDL
Special weather statement, Nov 11, 4:45 AM EST, 2 hours 48 minutes before
GAZ005>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
091>098-103>113-111600-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
500 AM EDT SAT NOV 11 1995

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY OVER NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA EXCEPT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA
MOUNTAINS.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY
AND OFF THE COAST THIS EVENING. A MOIST AIRMASS WILL BECOME UNSTABLE
RAPIDLY LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS IN THE LOWER
LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE INDCICATE THAT THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE
DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. LARGE HAIL IS
ALSO POSSIBLE.

ACTIVATION OF SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED TODAY.

BDL

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.