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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 7, 1995Allendale County, South Carolina

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jan 7, 1995, 2:03 AM EST for Allendale County, South Carolina. It was in force for 12 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 7, 1995, 2:03 AM EST (07:03 UTC)
Expired
Jan 7, 1995, 2:15 AM EST
In force
12 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Allendale County, SC

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 127 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 1995-01-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 117 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 1995-01-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 364 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
117 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
693 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
364 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
610 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 KAGS 070704
TORAGS
SCC005-070715-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA
203 AM EST SAT JAN 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUGUSTA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
 
   ...ALLENDALE COUNTY
 
WEATHER RADAR AT 200 PM EST INDICATES A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST TO THE
SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY OF ALLENDALE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 7, 1:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCAllendale60 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in South Carolina, 1995Every tornado warning in 1995Tornadoes in 1995

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.