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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 6, 1995Stewart County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 6, 1995, 10:48 PM EST for Stewart County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 6, 1995, 10:48 PM EST (03:48 UTC)
Expired
Jan 6, 1995, 11:15 PM EST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Stewart County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 00:00Z on 1995-01-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 233 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 00:00Z on 1995-01-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 440 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
233 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
525 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
85 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
440 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
508 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCSG 070350
TORCSG
GAC259-070415-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
1048 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...STEWART COUNTY
 
AT 1045 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN APPARENT
TORNADO JUST EAST OF LUMPKIN GEORGIA IN STEWART COUNTY.
 
RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW!
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 6, 7:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHarris31 min
Jan 6, 8:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAETalbot, Taylor50 min
Jan 6, 9:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEStewart64 min
Jan 6, 10:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEStewart40 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.