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Tornado Warning 59, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 29, 1994Cherokee County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 1994, 10:00 AM EDT for Cherokee County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 1994, 10:00 AM EDT (14:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1994, 10:30 AM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Cherokee County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 1994-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2037 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 1994-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 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
2037 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
688 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 291401
TORATL
GAC057-291430-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1000 AM EDT WED JUN 29 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...CHEROKEE COUNTY
 
AT 10:00 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AND CHEROKEE
COUNTY 911 REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR WOODSTOCK. MOVEMENT OF THE STORM WAS
EAST SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. TAKE COVER NOW!
 
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 SHEzLTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
ZALESKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 8:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJackson, Madison68 min
Jun 28, 8:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe66 min
Jun 28, 8:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLincoln, Wilkes65 min
Jun 28, 9:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCColumbia58 min
Jun 28, 9:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Oglethorpe65 min
Jun 28, 9:31 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCOconee44 min
Jun 28, 9:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCRichmond56 min
Jun 28, 9:45 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCOglethorpe60 min
Jun 28, 10:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOglethorpe, Taliaferro64 min
Jun 29, 9:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Floyd53 min
Jun 29, 9:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGordon52 min
Jun 29, 9:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Cobb48 min
Jun 29, 10:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Haralson, Paulding, Polk66 min
Jun 29, 10:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett65 min
Jun 29, 10:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb65 min
Jun 29, 10:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall29 min
Jun 29, 10:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Walton67 min
Jun 29, 11:03 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Oconee57 min
Jun 29, 11:03 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan57 min
Jun 29, 11:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOglethorpe60 min
Jun 29, 11:51 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper54 min
Jun 29, 12:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Heard55 min
Jun 29, 12:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkes61 min
Jun 29, 12:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones44 min
Jun 29, 1:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin45 min
Jun 29, 1:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCColumbia63 min
Jun 29, 1:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb48 min
Jun 29, 2:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard, Troup58 min
Jun 29, 3:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether41 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.