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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 25, 1990Lee County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 25, 1990, 1:11 PM EST for Lee County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 25, 1990, 1:11 PM EST (18:11 UTC)
Expired
Jan 25, 1990, 1:45 PM EST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Lee 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

Apalachicola Mun, FL (KAQQ), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 242 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, Apalachicola Mun, FL at 12:00Z on 1990-01-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 424 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, Apalachicola Mun, FL at 12:00Z on 1990-01-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 181 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
424 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
612 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
194 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCSG 251812
TORCSG
GAC177-251845-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
111 PM EST THU JAN 25 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  145 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
          ...LEE
 
AT 105 PM COLUMBUS WEATHER RECEIVED A PUBLIC REPORT OF A FUNNEL CLOUD
IN THE GLENDALE COMMUNITY IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST LEE COUNTY GEORGIA NEAR
U.S. HIGHWAY 19.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 25, 8:39 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHarris, Talbot36 min
Jan 25, 1:27 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEDougherty, Worth33 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Georgia, 1990Every tornado warning in 1990Tornadoes in 1990

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.