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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Jacksonville, FL

November 25, 1992Bulloch County, Evans County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 25, 1992, 7:10 PM EST for Bulloch County, Evans County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 25, 1992, 7:10 PM EST (00:10 UTC)
Expired
Nov 25, 1992, 8:00 PM EST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bulloch County, GA, Evans County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 00:00Z on 1992-11-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1992-11-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
NaN m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSAV 260010
TORSAV
GAC031-109-260100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAVANNAH GA
710 PM EST WED NOV 25 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAVANNAH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...SOUTHERN BULLOCH COUNTY...NORTHEASTERN EVANS COUNTY
 
AT 709 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 5 MILES EAST
OF CLAXTON IN EVANS COUNTY. THE ASSOCIATED THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS FROM DAISY NORTHEAST TO NEVILS IN
BULLOCH COUNTY SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
 
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 Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 25, 7:29 PM ESTTornado WarningJAXAppling, Tattnall46 min
Nov 25, 8:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXEffingham69 min
Nov 25, 8:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBulloch56 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.