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Tornado Warning 56, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 28, 1994Stephens County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jun 28, 1994, 7:19 PM EDT for Stephens County, Georgia. It was in force for 11 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 28, 1994, 7:19 PM EDT (23:19 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 1994, 7:30 PM EDT
In force: 11 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

County Stephens County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 351 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -88 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 900 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAHN 282319
TORAHN
GAC257-282330-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
719 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...STEPHENS COUNTY
 
AT 718 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES EAST OF TOCCOA IN
EASTERN STEPHENS COUNTY MOVG EAST AT 20 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...PILLPOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 28, 4:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Franklin, Stephens	50 min
Jun 28, 6:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fannin	50 min
Jun 28, 6:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Towns, Union, White	68 min
Jun 28, 6:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Lumpkin, White	60 min
Jun 28, 6:47 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Gilmer	39 min
Jun 28, 6:49 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Towns, Union, White	26 min
Jun 28, 6:55 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Lumpkin, White	50 min
Jun 28, 6:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Richmond	49 min
Jun 28, 7:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gordon, Murray	50 min
Jun 28, 7:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Columbia	45 min
Jun 28, 7:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Banks, Dawson, Habersham, Hall	67 min
Jun 28, 7:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Franklin, Hart, Stephens	67 min
Jun 28, 7:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Elbert	64 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.