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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Atlanta, GA

October 27, 1995Wilcox County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Oct 27, 1995, 9:33 PM EDT for Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 27, 1995, 9:33 PM EDT (01:33 UTC)
Expired
Oct 27, 1995, 10:15 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Wilcox County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 185 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 1995-10-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-10-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -415 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
912 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-415 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-60 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 KATL 280132
TORATL
GAC315-280215-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
933 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...EASTERN WILCOX COUNTY
 
AT 930 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO
NEAR SEVILLE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
 
 
IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE
INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  GET TO
A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE.  AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR
BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWSX.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 27, 8:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens36 min
Oct 27, 9:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp29 min
Oct 27, 9:05 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCrisp25 min
Oct 27, 9:14 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCDooly, Wilcox46 min
Oct 27, 9:45 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCDodge45 min
Oct 27, 10:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair, Wheeler41 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.