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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 24, 1994Meriwether County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Mar 24, 1994, 9:08 PM EST for Meriwether County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 24, 1994, 9:08 PM EST (02:08 UTC)
Expired
Mar 24, 1994, 9:40 PM EST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Meriwether County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 1994-03-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 81 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 00:00Z on 1994-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
81 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
595 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 250211 COR
TORATL
GAC199-240240-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTION TO DATE OF ISSUANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
908 PM EST THU MAR 24 1994

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  940 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

   ...MERIWETHER COUNTY

AT 900 PM EST RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE TORNADO BETWEEN WOODBURY
AND GAY IN EASTERN MERIWETHER COUNTY. A SECOND TORNADO WAS INDICATED
BY RADAR NEAR STOVALL IN SOUTHWESTERN MERIWETHER COUNTY. BOTH
STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. BOTH STORMS HAVE PRODUCED DAMAGE.
IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE
INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  GET TO
A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE.  AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR
BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 24, 7:15 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCMontgomery, Wheeler45 min
Mar 24, 7:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup15 min
Mar 24, 8:50 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCMeriwether, Pike, Upson40 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.