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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 364, NWS Atlanta, GA

December 19, 1995Emanuel County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 19, 1995, 4:53 AM EST for Emanuel County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 19, 1995, 4:53 AM EST (09:53 UTC)
Expired
Dec 19, 1995, 5:30 AM EST
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Emanuel County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 218 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 1995-12-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 1995-12-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 296 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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-157 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
515 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
296 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
529 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 190955 RRA
SVRATL
GAC107-191030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
453 AM EST TUE DEC 19 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...EMANUEL COUNTY
 
WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING WESTERN
EMANUEL COUNTY. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 55 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 19, 4:33 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson, Laurens, Treutlen27 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.