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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 7, 1995Dodge County, Wilcox County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Nov 7, 1995, 3:32 PM EST for Dodge County, Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 7, 1995, 3:32 PM EST (20:32 UTC)
Expired
Nov 7, 1995, 4:15 PM EST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dodge County, GA, Wilcox County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 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 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 12:00Z on 1995-11-07Temperature 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 12:00Z on 1995-11-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 480 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
507 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
480 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
527 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 072032
TORATL
GAC091-315-072115-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
332 PM EST TUE NOV 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...SOUTHERN DODGE COUNTY...WILCOX COUNTY
 
AT 3:30 PM RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 5 MILES EAST OF ROCHELLE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 7, 2:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp50 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Georgia, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.