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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 19, 1995Banks County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jan 19, 1995, 4:48 PM EST for Banks County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 19, 1995, 4:48 PM EST (21:48 UTC)
Expired
Jan 19, 1995, 5:15 PM EST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Banks County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 1995-01-19Temperature 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 1995-01-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 409 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
623 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
409 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
434 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 KAHN 192149
TORAHN
GAC011-192215-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
448 PM EST THU JAN 19 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...BANKS COUNTY
 
BANKS COUNTY SHERIFF HAS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR LULA AND WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 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 COV|ER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 19, 2:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton40 min
Jan 19, 4:02 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCLumpkin, White28 min
Jan 19, 4:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Habersham, Hall66 min
Jan 19, 4:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStephens66 min
Jan 19, 5:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFranklin, Hart, Madison49 min
Jan 19, 5:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCElbert49 min
Jan 19, 5:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOglethorpe46 min
Jan 19, 6:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCElbert28 min
Jan 19, 6:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkes21 min

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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.