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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Jacksonville, FL

November 25, 1992Appling County, Tattnall County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 25, 1992, 7:29 PM EST for Appling County, Tattnall County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 25, 1992, 7:29 PM EST (00:29 UTC)
Expired
Nov 25, 1992, 8:15 PM EST
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Appling County, GA, Tattnall County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KAYS), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 162 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 1992-11-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2384 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 1992-11-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 142 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
2384 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
715 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.4
Supercell composite
11.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSAV 260029
TORSAV
GAC001-267-260115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAVANNAH GA
729 PM EST WED NOV 25 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAVANNAH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN APPLING COUNTY...SOUTHERN TATTNALL COUNTY
 
AT 727 PM EST PILOT REPORTS AND WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED
A TORNADO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF BAXLEY IN NORTHEAST APPLING COUNTY.
THE ASSOCIATED THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
PERSONS FROM NORTHEAST APPLING COUNTY EAST NORTHEAST TO GLENNVILLE
IN TATTNALL COUNTY SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 25, 7:10 PM ESTTornado WarningJAXBulloch, Evans50 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.