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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 11, 1995Heard County, Troup County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 1995, 2:37 PM EDT for Heard County, Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 11, 1995, 2:37 PM EDT (18:37 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 1995, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Heard County, GA, Troup County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:39 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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 58 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 1995-04-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 1995-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-281 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
765 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
178 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 111839 RRA
SVRATL
GAC149-285-111930-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
237 PM EDT TUE APR 11 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...SOUTHERN HEARD COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...NORTHERN TROUP COUNTY
 
AT 235 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
OVER RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EASTERN ALABAMA. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR ROCK MILLS ALABAMA AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. CITIZENS
ALONG THE BORDER OF TROUP AND HEARD COUNTIES CAN EXPECT THE STORM TO
PASS THROUGH THEIR AREA.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSfED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

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, Apr 11, 12:37 PM EDT, 2 hours before
ALZ048-GAZ089-090-102-120-121-111840-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
1237 PM EDT TUE APR 11 1995

.....A TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 189 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT.....

AT 1235 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SCqG A MUCH
STRONGER SHORT WAVE WILL ARRIVE SUNDAY. CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION
WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY. RAINFALL TOTALS COULD BE AS MUCH
AS ONE INCH SUNDAY.

GRAF/WEATHER FORECASTG SOUTHWARD
TO MIDWAY AND THEN TO ABBEVILLE ALABAMA.  THIS AREA HAS BEEN
MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.  THIS AREA SHOULD BE ENTERING INTO
WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA WITHIN THE HOUR.

AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING
SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.
TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR
THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 12:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
ALZ048-GAZ089-090-102-120-121-111840-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
1237 PM EDT TUE APR 11 1995

.....A TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 189 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT.....

AT 1235 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS
AND A FEW EMBEDDED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO EAST CENTRAL
ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA.  THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE
STORMS WAS FROM JUST WEST OF OPELIKA ALABAMA EXTENDING SOUTHWARD
TO MIDWAY AND THEN TO ABBEVILLE ALABAMA.  THIS AREA HAS BEEN
MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.  THIS AREA SHOULD BE ENTERING INTO
WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA WITHIN THE HOUR.

AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING
SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.
TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR
THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 1:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
GAC215-259-ALC113-111840-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
135 PM EDT TUE APR 11 1995

....A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7PM....
...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT...

AT 135 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST
CENTRAL GEORGIA.  THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS LINE WAS 10 MILES WEST
OF OPELIKA ALABAMA EXTENDING SOUTHWARD TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
AUBURN ALABAMA.  THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS BEEN MOVING TO THE EAST
AT 30 MPH.

AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING
SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.
TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR
THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Schley, Taylor40 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.