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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 1, 1995Early County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1995, 1:58 PM EDT for Early County, Georgia. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 1995, 1:58 PM EDT (17:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1995, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
62 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, 6.0 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 1995-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 744 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 1995-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 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
744 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
867 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCSG 011759 RRA
SVRCSG
GAC099-011900-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
158 PM EDT THU JUN 1 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...EARLY COUNTY
 
AT 156 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN EARLY COUNTY 5 MILES SOUTH OF HILTON. THE
STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM PRODUCED NICKEL TO
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN HOUSTON COUNTY ALABAMA WITHIN THE PAST HOUR.
 
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
Jun 1, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker64 min
Jun 1, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDougherty59 min
Jun 1, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDougherty, Lee31 min
Jun 1, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWorth66 min
Jun 1, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAETift25 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.