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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Jacksonville, FL

April 24, 1995Candler County, Evans County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 1995, 4:13 AM EDT for Candler County, Evans County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 24, 1995, 4:13 AM EDT (08:13 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 1995, 4:40 AM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Candler County, GA, Evans County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 198 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 1995-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 86 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 1995-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 241 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
86 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
617 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
241 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
369 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSAV 240813
TORSAV
GAC043-109-240845-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAVANNAH GA
413 AM EDT MON APR 24 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAVANNAH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...SOUTHERN CANDLER COUNTY...NORTH CENTRAL EVANS COUNTY
 
...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A TORNADO NEAR CLAXTON IN
NORTHERN EVANS COUNTY AT 4:12 AM...
 
THIS STORM MAY ALSO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS
GREATER THAN 60 MPH...
 
RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS NEAR CLAXTON MUST TAKE IMMEDIATE COVER.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

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.