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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 22, 1995Greene County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 1995, 12:44 PM EDT for Greene County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 22, 1995, 12:44 PM EDT (16:44 UTC)
Expired: Apr 22, 1995, 1:15 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

County Greene County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 126 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 221644
SVRATL
GAC133-221715-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1244 PM EDT SAT APR 22 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  115 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...GREENE COUNTY
 
AT 1245 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATDED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES
EAST OF MADISON. THIS STORM WILL PASS THROUGH GREENSBORO AND UNION
POINT. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
 
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 CONDITIONS.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTE|RIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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, 9:52 AM EDT, 2 hours 52 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.

Special weather statement, Apr 22, 11:33 AM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-221730-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
1130 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.

AT 1130 AM EDT SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
AND POSSIBLE HAIL WERE INDICATED ACROSS NORTHWEST GEOR\GIA. THE
STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM LAKE ALATOONA TO ATLANTA
TO LAGRANGE AND WEST TO THE ALABAMA/GEORGIA BORDER.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

Local storm report, Apr 22, 11:37 AM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY
1135 AM EDT SAT APR 22 1995

COUNTY.......  CHEROKEE
SOURCE.......  HAM RADIO OPERATOR
TIME.........  1115 AM EDT
LOCATION.....  WOODSTOCK
WEATHER......  1 INCH HAIL
DAMAGE.......

COUNTY.......  SOUTH FULTON COUNTY
SOURCE.......  EAST POINT POLICE DISPATCHER
TIME.........  1130 AM EDT
LOCATION.....  CITY OF EAST POINT
WEATHER......  1 INCH HAIL
DAMAGE.......

Special weather statement, Apr 22, 11:49 AM EDT, 55 minutes before

GAZ005>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
091>098-103>113-231000-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1149 AM EDT SAT APR 22 1995

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF WEST
GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON FROM CEDARTOWN TO ATLANTA TO MACON AND
SOUTHWEST TO BAINBRIDGE. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER
THE REMAINDER OF THE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND THE ENTIRE STATE
TONIGHT.

MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR OVER WEST GEORGIA THIS MORNING WILL SPREAD
EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER THE TENNESSEE
VALLEY WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE INSTABILITY OVER THE NORTHWEST LATE TODAY
AND TONIGHT.

Local storm report, Apr 22, 11:58 AM EDT, 46 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY
1135 AM EDT SAT APR 22 1995

COUNTY.......  FAYETTE COUNTY
SOURCE.......  FAYETTE CO 911
TIME.........  1120 AM EDT (1020 EST)
LOCATION.....  WOOLSEY
WEATHER......  3/4 TO 1" HAIL
DAMAGE.......

COUNTY.......  FAYETTE COUNTY
SOURCE.......  FAYETTE CO 911
TIME.........  1120 AM EDT(1020 EST)
LOCATION.....  FAYETTEVILLE
WEATHER......  3/4 TO 1" HAIL
DAMAGE.......

Special weather statement, Apr 22, 12:19 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

ALZ048-GAZ089-090-102-221820-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
1219 PM EDT SAT APR 22 1995

.....A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
     GEORGIA UNTIL 4 PM EDT...

AT 1215 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND VERY
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR MONTGOMERY ALABAMA EXTENDING NORTHEAST
WARD TO LAFAYETTE IN CHAMBERS COUNTY ALABAMA THEN NORTHEASTWARD TO
JUST WEST OF LAGRANGE GEORGIA.  OTHER SHOWERS AND VERY STRONG THUNDER-
STORMS THUNDERTORMS CONTINED NORTHEASTWARD TO NEWNAN AND ATLANTA
GEORGIA. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A
STORM APPROACHES.  MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED
VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.  STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 22, 10:26 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Haralson	49 min
Apr 22, 10:46 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Polk	44 min
Apr 22, 10:56 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee	49 min
Apr 22, 11:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Douglas, Fulton	46 min
Apr 22, 11:28 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cobb, Paulding	47 min
Apr 22, 11:49 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Newton, Rockdale	41 min
Apr 22, 11:49 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gwinnett	41 min
Apr 22, 12:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Walton	52 min
Apr 22, 12:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Meriwether, Troup	51 min
Apr 22, 1:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Oconee, Oglethorpe	45 min
Apr 22, 1:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Elbert	39 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1995 Every 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.