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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 22, 1995Carroll County, Haralson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 1995, 10:26 AM EDT for Carroll County, Haralson County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 22, 1995, 10:26 AM EDT (14:26 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 1995, 11:15 AM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Carroll County, GA, Haralson County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 1995-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1082 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 1995-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 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
1082 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
620 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 221427
SVRATL
GAC045-143-221515-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1026 AM EDT SAT APR 22 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...CARROLL COUNTY...HARALSON COUNTY
 
AT 1025 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN PEACHTREE CITY
INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN ALABAMA ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF BOWDEN
MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS WILL BRING THE STORM ACROSS BOWDEN
AROUND 1045 AM AND THE CITY OF CARROLLTON AROUND 1100 AM. THE STORM
EXTENDED NORTHWARD WHICH WILL BRING IT ACROSS TALLAPOOSA IN HARALSON
COUNTY AROUND 1045 AM.
 
THIS STORM CONTAINS DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL.
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORN
ADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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 22, 5:58 AM EDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
GAZ005>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
091>098-103>113-221600-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
600 AM EDT SAT APR 22 1995

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF WEST
GEORGIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON FROM ATLANTA TO MACON AND WEST.
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REST OF NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA.

AN INCREASING MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS TODAY ALONG WITH A FRONTAL
BOUNDARY DRIFTING TO THE NORTH GEORGIA BORDER WILL BE THE PRIME
REASONS FOR THE POTENTIAL OF SEVERE WEATHER LATE TODAY INTO TONIGHT.

SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO STAY ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION.

BDL
Special weather statement, Apr 22, 9:52 AM EDT, 34 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-211200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
955 AM EDT SAT APR 22 1995

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA WHICH INCLUDES HART...HABERSHAM...ELBERT...STEPHENS AND
FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 10:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPolk44 min
Apr 22, 10:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee49 min
Apr 22, 11:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas, Fulton46 min
Apr 22, 11:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Paulding47 min
Apr 22, 11:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton, Rockdale41 min
Apr 22, 11:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett41 min
Apr 22, 12:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalton52 min
Apr 22, 12:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Troup51 min
Apr 22, 12:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene31 min
Apr 22, 1:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOconee, Oglethorpe45 min
Apr 22, 1:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCElbert39 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.