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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Atlanta, GA

February 16, 1995Chattooga County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Feb 16, 1995, 6:57 AM EST for Chattooga County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 16, 1995, 6:57 AM EST (11:57 UTC)
Expired
Feb 16, 1995, 7:45 AM EST
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Chattooga County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 1995-02-16Temperature 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 1995-02-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 433 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
400 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
433 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
438 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 161203
TORATL
GAC055-161245-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
657 AM EST THU FEB 16 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...CHATTOOGA COUNTY
 
AT 700 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO ON THE
GROUND NEAR FORT PAYNE, ALABAMA.
 
THE MOVEMENT OF THIS TORNADO...TO THE EAST AT 45 MPH...WILL TAKE IT
INTO CHATTOGA COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF MENLO...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF
SUMMERVILLE...WITHIN THE NEXT 10 MINUTES.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GE*T 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 16, 7:17 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Walker43 min
Feb 16, 7:50 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMurray25 min
Feb 16, 8:14 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer31 min
Feb 16, 1:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Floyd42 min
Feb 16, 5:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks41 min
Feb 16, 6:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Clarke, Jackson43 min
Feb 16, 6:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalton43 min
Feb 16, 6:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFranklin, Hart, Madison39 min
Feb 16, 6:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCElbert, Oconee, Oglethorpe39 min
Feb 16, 6:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Heard51 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.