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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 30, 1995Butts County, Monroe County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 1995, 6:04 PM EDT for Butts County, Monroe County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 30, 1995, 6:04 PM EDT (22:04 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 1995, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Butts County, GA, Monroe County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 58 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 1995-04-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1337 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
186 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 302205
SVRATL
GAC207-035-302230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
604 PM EDT SUN APR 30 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY
 
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...SOUTHERN BUTTS COUNTY
 
AT 604 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST EAST OF HIGH FALLS
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. TOWNS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM AREA BERNER
AND JULLIETTE.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY 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.

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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.