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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 9, 1995Gordon County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 1995, 6:58 PM EDT for Gordon County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 1995, 6:58 PM EDT (22:58 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 1995, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Gordon County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 1995-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 338 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 1995-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 126 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
338 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
762 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
270 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 092259
SVRATL
GAC129-092345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
658 PM EDT TUE MAY 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...GORDON COUNTY
 
AT 6:55 PM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES
NORTH OF ROME MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE
THOUGH CALHOUN AROUND 7:20 PM.
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd46 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.