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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Jacksonville, FL

February 11, 1995Echols County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 11, 1995, 10:02 PM EST for Echols County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 11, 1995, 10:02 PM EST (03:02 UTC)
Expired
Feb 11, 1995, 10:50 PM EST
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Echols County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 139 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 1995-02-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 193 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 1995-02-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 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
193 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
557 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
242 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSAV 120304 RRA
SVRSAV
GAC101-120400-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAVANNAH GA
1002 PM EST SAT FEB 11 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAVANNAH HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...SOUTHERN ECHOLS COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING IS RAPIDLY EAST INTO WEST ECHOLS COUNTY AT
MORE THAN 50 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A SEVERE STORM SIGNATURE AS SEEN FROM
THE TALAHASSEE FLORIDA RADAR.  REPORTS FROM NEAR CLYATTVILLE GEORGIA
INDICATE SEVERE WIND DAMAGE HAS TAKEN PLACE.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 11, 11:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXCamden62 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.