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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 363, NWS Atlanta, GA

December 19, 1995Johnson County, Laurens County, Treutlen County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 19, 1995, 4:33 AM EST for Johnson County, Laurens County, Treutlen County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 19, 1995, 4:33 AM EST (09:33 UTC)
Expired
Dec 19, 1995, 5:00 AM EST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Johnson County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Treutlen County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 191 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 1995-12-19Temperature 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 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 1995-12-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 531 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
475 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
531 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
501 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 190935 RRA
SVRATL
GAC175-167-283-191000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
433 AM EST TUE DEC 19 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...EASTERN LAURENS COUNTY
 
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...JOHNSON COUNTY...TREUTLEN COUNTY
 
AT 430 AM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS FROM EXTREME WESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY TO EAST OF DUBLIN TO
SOUTHERN LAURENS COUNTY. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT
40 MPH.
 
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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 19, 4:53 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel37 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.