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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 1, 1995Dawson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at May 1, 1995, 8:16 PM EDT for Dawson County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 1, 1995, 8:16 PM EDT (00:16 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 1995, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Dawson County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 1995-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 725 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 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
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 020019
TORATL
GAC085-020045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
816 PM EDT MON MAY 1 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...SOUTHERN DAWSON COUNTY
 
AT 815 PM EDT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN CHEROKEE COUNTY REPORTED A
FUNNEL CLOUD IN NORTHEAST CHEROKEE COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THIS FUNNEL CLOUD WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN
DAWSON COUNTY BY 820 PM. THE CITY OF DAWSONVILLE IS IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM.
 
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.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 8:19 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCherokee26 min
May 1, 9:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Hall53 min
May 1, 9:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett36 min
May 1, 9:42 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCFranklin48 min
May 1, 9:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Jackson44 min
May 1, 10:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHart38 min
May 1, 10:39 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCNewton, Rockdale21 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.