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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 6, 1995Glascock County, Jefferson County, Washington County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 6, 1995, 10:37 PM EST for Glascock County, Jefferson County, Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 6, 1995, 10:37 PM EST (03:37 UTC)
Expired
Jan 6, 1995, 11:15 PM EST
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Glascock County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Washington County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 244 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 1995-01-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 117 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 1995-01-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 364 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
117 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
693 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
364 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
610 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCAE 070340 RRA
SVRAGS
GAC303-163-125-070415-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA
ISSUED BY COLUMBIA SC
1037 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  GEORGIA
 
   ...WASHINGTON COUNTY...JEFFERSON COUNTY...AND GLASCOCK COUNTY
 
RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE LIKELY SEVERE IN THESE COUNTIES.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
THESE WINDS BLOW DOWN TREES...POWER LINES...AND SEVERELY DAMAGE
MOBILE HOMES.  FOR YOUR PROTE`CTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR.  DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
RJL

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 WarningFFCBibb, Houston, Twiggs, Wilkinson61 min
Jan 6, 9:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPeach61 min
Jan 6, 9:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin61 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.