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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 28, 1995Randolph County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 28, 1995, 8:56 AM EST for Randolph County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 28, 1995, 8:56 AM EST (13:56 UTC)
Expired
Jan 28, 1995, 9:45 AM EST
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Randolph County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 1995-01-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 134 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 12:00Z on 1995-01-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 502 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
134 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
525 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
502 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
553 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCSG 281358 RRA
SVRCSG
GAC243-281445-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
856 AM EST SAT JAN 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...RANDOLPH COUNTY
 
AT 853 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF CUTHBERT IN RANDOLPH COUNTY OF SOUTHWEST
GEORGIA...ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS GEORGIA. THE STORM WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.  THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING HAIL AND WINDS OVER 50 MPH.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 28, 9:14 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAESumter, Terrell, Webster61 min
Jan 28, 9:31 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELee44 min
Jan 28, 10:38 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAETift, Worth52 min
Jan 28, 11:49 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEColquitt, Mitchell56 min
Jan 28, 12:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEColquitt, Cook60 min
Jan 28, 12:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEMitchell60 min
Jan 28, 12:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur29 min
Jan 28, 1:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGrady36 min
Jan 28, 1:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEThomas44 min
Jan 28, 1:39 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEThomas25 min
Jan 28, 2:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBrooks29 min
Jan 28, 2:07 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEBrooks38 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.