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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 15, 1994Putnam County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 1994, 5:14 PM EDT for Putnam County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 1994, 5:14 PM EDT (21:14 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 1994, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Putnam County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 70 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, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1994-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1511 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, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1994-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 170 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
1511 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
645 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
170 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMCN 152115
TORMCN
GAC237-152200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
514 PM EDT FRI APR 15 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...PUTNAM COUNTY
 
AT 5:14 PM EDT... DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IN MIDDLE GEORGIA WAS INDICATING
A POSSIBLE TORNADO MOVING ACROSS THE JASPER/PUTNAM COUNTY LINE WEST OF
EATONTON... MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH.
 
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.
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JASPER COUNTY
UNTIL 5:30 PM.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 2:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Haralson42 min
Apr 15, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta49 min
Apr 15, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFayette, Spalding42 min
Apr 15, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper43 min
Apr 15, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan, Oconee67 min
Apr 15, 5:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Taliaferro66 min
Apr 15, 6:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Henry, Spalding43 min
Apr 15, 6:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFayette43 min
Apr 15, 6:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether46 min
Apr 15, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Henry, Spalding53 min
Apr 15, 6:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPike48 min
Apr 15, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper40 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.