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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 6, 19954 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 6, 1995, 9:29 PM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 6, 1995, 9:29 PM EST (02:29 UTC)
Expired
Jan 6, 1995, 10:30 PM EST
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bibb County, GA, Houston County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 265 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 1995-01-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 233 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 1995-01-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 440 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
233 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
525 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
85 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
440 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
508 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KMCN 070330
SVRMCN
GAC009-021-153-225-289-319-070300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
929 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

   ...BALDWIN COUNTY...BIBB COUNTY...HOUSTON COUNTY...PEACH COUNTY...
   ...TWIGGS COUNTY...WILKINSON COUNTY

AT 925 PM RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE AND NEAR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
FROM SOUTH OF HADDOCK IN JONES COUNTY TO JEFFERONVILLE IN TWIGGS COUNTY
TO WARNER ROBINS IN HOUSTON COUNTY TO EAST OF FORT VALLY IN PEACH
COUNTY.  THE LINE WAS MOVING NORTHEAST 45 MILES AN HOUR.

SEVERAL REPORTS OF LOW LYING STREET FLOODING ALONG THE PATH OF THE
STORMS ALONG WITH NUMEROUS TREES UPROOTED AND POWER LINES DOWN.

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED.  MOVE TO A STRONG
BUILDING AND AN INTERIOR ROOM AND AVOID USE OF APPLIANCES.

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 CONDITONS.



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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 6, 8:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCUpson26 min
Jan 6, 9:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPeach61 min
Jan 6, 9:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin61 min
Jan 6, 10:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Jefferson, Washington38 min
Jan 6, 11:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs, Wilkinson60 min
Jan 7, 1:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJenkins, Screven60 min
Jan 7, 2:27 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCScreven63 min

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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.