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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 1, 1995Franklin County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at May 1, 1995, 9:42 PM EDT for Franklin County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 1, 1995, 9:42 PM EDT (01:42 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 1995, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Franklin County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 162 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 1995-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 725 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 1995-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 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
725 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1502 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
336 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
8.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAHN 020143
TORAHN
GAC119-020230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
942 PM EDT MON MAY 1 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...FRANKLIN COUNTY
 
AT 935 PM EDT A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SIGHTED NEAR COMMERCE AND WILL
BE MOVING INTO FRANKLIN IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES. MOVEMENT WAS
TO THE EAST AT 55 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.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 8:16 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCDawson29 min
May 1, 8:19 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCherokee26 min
May 1, 9:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Hall53 min
May 1, 9:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett36 min
May 1, 9:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Jackson44 min
May 1, 10:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHart38 min
May 1, 10:39 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCNewton, Rockdale21 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.