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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 19, 19954 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 1995, 3:52 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 19, 1995, 3:52 PM EDT (19:52 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 1995, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Barrow County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Oconee County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 1995-04-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 231 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1995-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 141 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
231 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
604 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 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 191952
SVRATL
GAC013-059-157-219-192045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
352 PM EDT WED APR 19 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...BARROW COUNTY...CLARKE COUNTY...SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY
   ...NORTHERN OCONEE COUNTY
 
AT 349 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NORTH OF WINDER. A
SECOND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED IN THE WESTERN BORDER OF BARROW
COUNTY. BOTH STORM WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL WAS REPORTED JUST NORTH OF WINDER AT 345 PM.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAhS PASSED.
 
 
 
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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 19, 11:22 AM EDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
GAZ005>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
091>098-103>113-192200-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1130 AM EDT WED APR 19 1995

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA THIS
AFTERNOON. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS BETWEEN COLUMBUS
AND MACON. ELSEWHERE STABLE AIR WILL INIHIBIT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON.

KM
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 1:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
GAZ005>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
091>098-103>113-192200-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
110 PM EDT WED APR 19 1995

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST
GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ROME
TO BLAIRSVILLE.

OTHERWISE THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH
GEORGIA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. DRY STABLE AIR WILL
INIHIBIT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS THE REST OF CENTRAL GEORGIA.

SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN THE SLIGHT RISK
AREA SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND BE READY FORx
POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON.

KM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 3:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Jackson46 min
Apr 19, 3:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett46 min
Apr 19, 4:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOglethorpe51 min
Apr 19, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Douglas, Paulding50 min
Apr 19, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkes47 min
Apr 19, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll38 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.