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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 24, 1994Montgomery County, Wheeler County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Mar 24, 1994, 7:15 PM EST for Montgomery County, Wheeler County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 24, 1994, 7:15 PM EST (00:15 UTC)
Expired
Mar 24, 1994, 8:00 PM EST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Montgomery County, GA, Wheeler County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KAYS), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 203 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 1994-03-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1170 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 1994-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 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
1170 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1243 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMCN 250016
TORMCN
GAC209-309-250100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
715 PM EST THU MAR 24 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...MONTGOMERY COUNTY...WHEELER COUNTY
 
AT 650 PM THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN ALAMO REPORTED TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN NEAR ALAMO...RADAR SHOWS A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN EAST WHEELER COUNTY
...AND WILL BE MOVING INTO MONTGOMERY COUNTY NEAR MT VERNON SHORTLY.
 
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 ISR 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.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 24, 7:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup15 min
Mar 24, 8:50 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCMeriwether, Pike, Upson40 min
Mar 24, 9:08 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCMeriwether32 min
Mar 24, 10:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMonroe49 min
Mar 25, 1:47 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCRichmond118 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.