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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 1, 1995Cherokee County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at May 1, 1995, 8:19 PM EDT for Cherokee County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 1, 1995, 8:19 PM EDT (00:19 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 1995, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Cherokee County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 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 97 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 020022
TORATL
GAC057-020045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
819 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
 
   ...CHEROKEE COUNTY
 
AT 817 PM LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN CHEROKEE COUNTY REPORTED A FUNNEL
CLOUD 5 MILES WEST OF CANTON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM WILL
MOVE ACROSS CHEROKEE COUNTY BETWEEN NOW AND 845 PM. CANTON...NORTH
CANTON AND KEITHSBURG ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
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 COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 8:16 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCDawson29 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.