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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 29, 1986Jefferson County, Washington County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jul 29, 1986, 2:45 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 29, 1986, 2:45 PM EDT (18:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 1986, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jefferson County, GA, Washington County, GA

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 244 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 1986-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2881 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 1986-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 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
2881 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
801 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAGS 291845
TORAGS
GAC303-163-291915-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA
245 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF

EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...EXTREME SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON AND EXTREME 
 SOUTHWEST JEFFERSON

AT 230 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 10
MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE NEAR THE WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON
COUNTY LINE. THIS TORNADO IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15
MILES AN HOUR.

 IF DARK THREATENING CLOUDS OR LOUD ROARING SOUNDS APPROACH YOUR
 AREA...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR HALLWAY
 IS THE SAFEST PLACE. LISTEN TO WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST
 BULLETINS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJenkins, Screven60 min
Jul 29, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBen Hill59 min
Jul 29, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilcox29 min
Jul 29, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley30 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Georgia, 1986Every tornado warning in 1986Tornadoes in 1986

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.