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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 26, 1994Taylor County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 1994, 5:24 PM EDT for Taylor County, Georgia. It was in force for 51 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 1994, 5:24 PM EDT (21:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1994, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Taylor County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 1994-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1106 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 1994-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -42 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1106 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
552 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-48 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 KCSG 262124
TORCSG
GAC269-262215-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
524 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...TAYLOR COUNTY
 
AT 522 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST
2 MILES WEST OF REYNOLDS IN TAYLOR COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST
AT 40 MPH.
 
 
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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 12:10 PM EDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
GAZ156-FLZ011-261715-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1212 PM EDT (1112 AM CDT) SUN JUN 26 1994

AT NOON EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AND MOVING RAPIDLY ACROSS THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE AND INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. ONE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDED FROM EAST OF CRESTVIEW FLORIDA TO SOUTH OF DOTHAN ALABAMA.
ANOTHER AREA COVERED MUCH OF DECATUR COUNTY OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. ALL OF
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 TO 40 MPH.

THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS VERY UNSTABLE AND CONDITIONS ARE SUCH THAT VERY
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WITH STRONG
GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. RESIDENTS IN THE VICINITY OF THE STORMS
CURRENTLY ACROSS THE PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD BE AWARE OF
APPROACHING WEATHER AND SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS THROUGHOUT
THE AFTERNOON AS THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 12:10 PM EDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
GAZ156-FLZ011-261715-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1212 PM EDT (1112 AM CDT) SUN JUN 26 1994

AT NOON EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AND MOVING RAPIDLY ACROSS THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE AND INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. ONE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDED FROM EAST OF CRESTVIEW FLORIDA TO SOUTH OF DOTHAN ALABAMA.
ANOTHER AREA COVERED MUCH OF DECATUR COUNTY OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. ALL OF
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 TO 40 MPH.

THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS VERY UNSTABLE AND CONDITIONS ARE SUCH THAT VERY
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WITH STRONG
GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. RESIDENTS IN THE VICINITY OF THE STORMS
CURRENTLY ACROSS THE PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD BE AWARE OF
APPROACHING WEATHER AND SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS THROUGHOUT
THE AFTERNOON AS THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 1:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWorth28 min
Jun 26, 7:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHarris43 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.