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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 1994, 7:19 PM EST for Bartow County, Gordon County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 27, 1994, 7:19 PM EST (00:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 1994, 7:45 PM EST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bartow County, GA, Gordon County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 151 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 344 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1558 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 326 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 504 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 6.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 280021 TORATL GAC015-129-280045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 719 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...NORTHWESTERN BARTOW COUNTY...GORDON COUNTY AT 720 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A TORNADO APPROACHING THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF GORDON AND BARTOW COUNTIES. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM NEAR LINDALE JUST SOUTH OF ROME. THE PATH OF THIS STORM WILL TAKE IT NEAR ADAIRSVILLE. 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. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 7:49 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Pickens | 26 min |
| Mar 27, 8:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Haralson, Polk | 54 min |
| Mar 27, 8:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Towns, Union | 49 min |
| Mar 27, 8:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Lumpkin | 49 min |
| Mar 27, 8:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Paulding | 28 min |
| Mar 27, 9:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb | 42 min |
| Mar 27, 9:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb | 33 min |
| Mar 27, 9:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 31 min |
| Mar 27, 9:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll | 34 min |
| Mar 27, 9:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 48 min |
| Mar 27, 10:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Douglas | 28 min |
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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.