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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 25, 1994Muscogee County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 25, 1994, 12:02 AM EST for Muscogee County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 25, 1994, 12:02 AM EST (05:02 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 1994, 12:30 AM EST
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Muscogee County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 217 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 1994-03-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 81 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 1994-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
81 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
595 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCSG 250504
TORCSG
GAC215-250530-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
1202 AM EST FRI MAR 25 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...MUSCOGEE COUNTY
 
...AT MIDNIGHT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR AND THE DOPPLER RADAR IN MACON
COUNTY ALABAMA INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO MOVING FROM RUSSELL COUNTY
INTO COLUMBUS AND MUSCOGEE COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING A LITTLE NORTH
OF EAST AT 40 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...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 24, 7:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHarris28 min
Mar 25, 12:54 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEChattahoochee, Marion51 min
Mar 25, 3:47 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEColquitt, Mitchell58 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.