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Tornado Warning 61, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 16, 1994Madison County, Oglethorpe County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Aug 16, 1994, 2:19 PM EDT for Madison County, Oglethorpe County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 16, 1994, 2:19 PM EDT (18:19 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 1994, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Madison County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 16 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 1994-08-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 19 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 1994-08-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 138 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
19 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
708 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
198 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAHN 161819
TORAHN
GAC195-221-161900-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
219 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...MADISON COUNTY...OGLETHORPE COUNTY
 
THE OGLETHORPE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND
ALONG HIGHWAY 22 BETWEEN CRAWFORD AND COMER GEORGIA MOVING TO THE
NORTHWEST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THERE HAD BEEN DAMAGE TO ONE HOUSE THAT
OCCURRED AROUND 2 PM EDT.
 
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.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
 
 
 
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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.