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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 15, 1994Coweta County, Fayette County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 1994, 8:20 PM EDT for Coweta County, Fayette County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 1994, 8:20 PM EDT (00:20 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 1994, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Coweta County, GA, Fayette County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 00:00Z on 1994-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 63 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 00:00Z on 1994-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 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
63 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
872 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
273 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 160022
TORATL
GAC077-113-160100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
820 PM EDT FRI APR 15 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...EASTERN COWETA COUNTY...FAYETTE COUNTY
 
AT 8:18 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR NEWNAN IN
COWETA COUNTY. PEOPLE IN NEWNAN AND PEACHTREE CITY SHOULD TAKE COVER
NOW.
 
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
 
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 Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 8:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette41 min
Apr 15, 8:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Cobb, Fulton, Paulding69 min
Apr 15, 8:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth69 min
Apr 15, 9:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWarren41 min
Apr 15, 9:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCColumbia, McDuffie43 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.