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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 27, 1994Banks County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 1994, 12:05 AM EDT for Banks County, Georgia. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 1994, 12:05 AM EDT (04:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1994, 1:00 AM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Banks County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 48 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 1994-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1328 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 1994-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1328 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1090 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
218 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAHN 270406
TORAHN
GAC011-139-187-311-085-270500-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
1205 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  100 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...BANKS COUNTY...HALL COUNTY...LUMPKIN COUNTY...WHITE COUNTY
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...DAWSON COUNTY
 
AT 1202 AM EDT THE HALL COUNTY EMA REPORTED A TORNADO WITH DESTRUCTION
AND INJURIES IN THE NORTH PART OF HALL COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES
AN HOUR.
 
ALSO A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DAWSONVILLE MOVING EAST AT
30 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR DAWSONVILLE AND GAINESVILLE
TAKE COVER NOW.
 
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.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 10:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Walker62 min
Jun 26, 10:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall, Lumpkin, White64 min
Jun 26, 10:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPaulding47 min
Jun 26, 11:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb44 min
Jun 26, 11:24 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCobb36 min
Jun 26, 11:25 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCBanks, Habersham, Hall26 min
Jun 26, 11:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Walker, Whitfield56 min
Jun 26, 11:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade56 min
Jun 26, 11:39 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCHaralson36 min
Jun 26, 11:47 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCFulton43 min
Jun 27, 12:05 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCDawson, Hall, Lumpkin55 min
Jun 27, 12:05 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCWhite55 min
Jun 27, 12:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth, Gwinnett45 min
Jun 27, 12:47 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCBanks, Hall, Jackson58 min
Jun 27, 1:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Floyd, Gordon69 min
Jun 27, 1:13 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCPolk47 min
Jun 27, 1:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHabersham, Hall, White61 min
Jun 27, 1:53 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCHall, Lumpkin37 min
Jun 27, 1:53 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCDawson52 min
Jun 27, 2:02 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCPaulding, Polk43 min
Jun 27, 2:03 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCBanks, Habersham42 min
Jun 27, 2:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Floyd41 min
Jun 27, 2:21 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCCherokee, Cobb54 min
Jun 27, 2:35 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCJackson, Madison45 min
Jun 27, 2:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett28 min
Jun 27, 2:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb36 min
Jun 27, 3:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Paulding, Polk53 min
Jun 27, 5:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOconee, Oglethorpe56 min
Jun 27, 6:55 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCMorgan, Oconee, Walton65 min
Jun 27, 6:55 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCOglethorpe65 min
Jun 27, 7:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCRockdale48 min
Jun 27, 7:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan, Newton, Walton54 min
Jun 27, 8:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro55 min
Jun 27, 9:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLincoln37 min
Jun 27, 11:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Henry48 min
Jun 27, 12:25 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCPutnam50 min
Jun 27, 12:36 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCHancock54 min
Jun 27, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCScreven49 min
Jun 27, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery35 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.