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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 18, 1995Stewart County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 1995, 3:34 PM EDT for Stewart County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 18, 1995, 3:34 PM EDT (19:34 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 1995, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Stewart County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 147 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1995-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2341 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1995-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
2341 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1099 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
32 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 KCSG 181937 RRA
SVRCSG
GAC259-182000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
334 PM EDT TUE JUL 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN STEWART COUNTY
 
AT 334 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE COMMUNITY OF LUMPKIN GEORGIA.
THE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
 
 
 
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 Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEClay, Randolph45 min
Jul 18, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEChattahoochee, Muscogee61 min
Jul 18, 5:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEStewart51 min

Nearby

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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.