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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Jacksonville, FL

March 16, 1995Bryan County, Bulloch County, Effingham County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 16, 1995, 3:40 PM EST for Bryan County, Bulloch County, Effingham County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 16, 1995, 3:40 PM EST (20:40 UTC)
Expired
Mar 16, 1995, 4:30 PM EST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bryan County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Effingham County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 158 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 1995-03-16Temperature 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 1995-03-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1259 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 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 KSAV 162044 RRA
SVRSAV
GAC029-031-103-162130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAVANNAH GA
340 PM EST THU MAR 16 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAVANNAH HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...NORTHERN BRYAN COUNTY...SOUTHERN BULLOCH COUNTY
   ...SOUTHERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS BEEN INDICATED ON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
RADAR AT 340 PM MOVING NORTHERN BRYAN COUNTY NEAR PEMBROKE, LANIER AND
GROVELAND. THE THUNDERSTORM EXTENDS NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN BULLOCH
COUNTY AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH TOWARDS EDEN IN SOUTHERN EFFINHAM
COUNTY.
 
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 LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO FOR
FURTHER UPDATES.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 16, 4:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXAppling, Bacon32 min
Mar 16, 4:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXJeff Davis60 min
Mar 16, 5:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXJeff Davis50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.