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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Jacksonville, FL

January 28, 1995Lowndes County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 28, 1995, 2:17 PM EST for Lowndes County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 28, 1995, 2:17 PM EST (19:17 UTC)
Expired
Jan 28, 1995, 3:00 PM EST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Lowndes County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 110 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 1995-01-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 134 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 1995-01-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 502 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
134 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
525 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
502 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
553 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSAV 281918 RRA
TORSAV
GAC185-282000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAVANNAH GA
217 PM EST SAT JAN 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAVANNAH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...NORTHERN LOWNDES COUNTY
 
AT 215 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND A POSSIBLE TORNADO APPROACHING
NORTHERN LOWNDES COUNTY. THE STORM IS MOVING TO TOWN EAST AT 40 MILES PEHOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO LOWNDES COUNTY BY 230 PM AND AFFECT THE TOWN OF
HAHIRA BY 245 PM.
 
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.
 
STAlY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR A LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATION
FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WWARNINGS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 28, 11:13 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXCoffee32 min
Jan 28, 12:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXAtkinson, Berrien, Coffee69 min
Jan 28, 1:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXClinch, Ware49 min
Jan 28, 1:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBerrien, Lanier59 min
Jan 28, 2:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXAtkinson, Clinch59 min
Jan 28, 2:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXPierce59 min
Jan 28, 2:54 PM ESTTornado WarningJAXGlynn, McIntosh66 min
Jan 28, 4:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXCamden40 min
Jan 28, 5:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXPierce, Wayne27 min
Jan 28, 6:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXLiberty, McIntosh28 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.