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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 1, 1995Newton County, Rockdale County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at May 1, 1995, 10:39 PM EDT for Newton County, Rockdale County, Georgia. It was in force for 21 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 1, 1995, 10:39 PM EDT (02:39 UTC)
Expired: May 1, 1995, 11:00 PM EDT
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Newton County, GA, Rockdale County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 58 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 KATL 020243
TORATL
GAC217-247-020300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1039 PM EDT MON MAY 1 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTY
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...ROCKDALE COUNTY
 
AT 1040PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A TORNADO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CONYERS. MOVEMENT IS TO THE EAST AT 50 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.
 
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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 1, 8:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Dawson	29 min
May 1, 8:19 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Cherokee	26 min
May 1, 9:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Banks, Hall	53 min
May 1, 9:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gwinnett	36 min
May 1, 9:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Franklin	48 min
May 1, 9:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Barrow, Jackson	44 min
May 1, 10:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Hart	38 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.