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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 28, 1995Thomas County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 28, 1995, 1:39 PM EST for Thomas County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 28, 1995, 1:39 PM EST (18:39 UTC)
Expired
Jan 28, 1995, 2:04 PM EST
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Thomas County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 63 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 KTLH 281838
TORTLH
GAC275-281930-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
139 PM EST SAT JAN 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  230 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...THOMAS COUNTY
 
AT 136 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF
THOMASVILLE. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THOMASVILLE IS IN
THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION!! TAKE COVER IMEADIATELY.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS UNDER
STURDY FURNITURE IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE
PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. A MOBILE HOME IS NOT A
SAFE REFUGE FROM A TORNADO. MOVE TO A MORE SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 28, 8:56 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAERandolph49 min
Jan 28, 9:14 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAESumter, Terrell, Webster61 min
Jan 28, 9:31 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELee44 min
Jan 28, 10:38 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAETift, Worth52 min
Jan 28, 11:49 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEColquitt, Mitchell56 min
Jan 28, 12:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEColquitt, Cook60 min
Jan 28, 12:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEMitchell60 min
Jan 28, 12:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur29 min
Jan 28, 1:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGrady36 min
Jan 28, 1:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEThomas44 min
Jan 28, 2:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBrooks29 min
Jan 28, 2:07 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEBrooks38 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.