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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 17, 1995Early County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 1995, 4:05 PM EDT for Early County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 17, 1995, 4:05 PM EDT (20:05 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 1995, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Early County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 1995-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2407 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 1995-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2407 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
866 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTLH 172006 RRA
SVRTLH
GAC099-172045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
405 PM EDT MON JUL 17 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...EARLY COUNTY
 
AT 404 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERTORM IN EARLY COUNTY JUST NORTH OF BLAKELY. THIS STORM IS MOVING
SOUTH AT 15 MPH AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.
 
DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING
ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. SEEK SHELTER &IN A STRONG
BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. A MOBILE HOME IS NOT A SAFE REFUGE FROM A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...MOVE TO A MORE SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 9:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAETerrell47 min
Jul 16, 10:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEMitchell47 min
Jul 17, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEStewart52 min
Jul 17, 7:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWorth43 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.