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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Jacksonville, FL

May 19, 1995Atkinson County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 1995, 6:10 PM EDT for Atkinson County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 19, 1995, 6:10 PM EDT (22:10 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 1995, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Atkinson County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 143 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 1995-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 759 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 1995-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 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
759 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1139 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
5.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSAV 192212
SVRSAV
GAC003-192245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAVANNAH GA
610 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAVANNAH HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...ATKINSON COUNTY
 
AT 605 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN ATKINSON COUNTY. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS ATKINSON COUNTY THROUGH 645 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.
 
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR A LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATION
FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 12:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBulloch, Candler42 min
May 19, 1:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBulloch, Evans52 min
May 19, 2:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXLanier, Lowndes41 min
May 19, 4:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXAtkinson, Bacon, Coffee, Ware42 min
May 19, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXMcIntosh41 min
May 19, 6:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXCamden37 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.