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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 23, 1995Greene County, Oglethorpe County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 1995, 7:44 PM EDT for Greene County, Oglethorpe County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 23, 1995, 7:44 PM EDT (23:44 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 1995, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Greene County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 1995-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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 1995-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-275 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1186 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
165 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 232346
SVRATL
GAC133-221-240030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
744 PM EDT SUN APR 23 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY...OGLETHORPE COUNTY
 
AT 740 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST
OF MADISON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PENFIELD STEPHENS AND LEXINGTON
ARE TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAdVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan, Newton45 min
Apr 23, 7:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup66 min
Apr 23, 7:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Jasper68 min
Apr 23, 7:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones, Monroe55 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.