Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 17, 1996, 9:16 AM EST for Burke County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 17, 1996, 9:16 AM EST (14:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 17, 1996, 10:00 AM EST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Burke County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 9:31 AM EST | Hail 0.75 | Girad, GA |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 187 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 399 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 703 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCAE 171416 RRA SVRCAE GAC033-171500- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 916 AM EST SUN MAR 17 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN GEORGIA ...CENTRAL BURKE COUNTY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR WAYNESBORO. THIS STORM WILL MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTY THROUGH 930 AM. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HAIL IN EXCESS OF 3/4 INCH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THESE WINDS BLOW DOWN TREES...POWER LINES...AND SEVERELY DAMAGE MOBILE HOMES. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. CAMMARATA
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 17, 8:23 AM EST, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
823 AM EST SUN MAR 17 1996
TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
705 AM HEPHZIBAH GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/17/96 RICHMOND RICHMOND COUNTY EPD
REPORTS GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL NEAR HEPHZIBAH
INSOUTHERN RICHMOND
COUNTY.
730 AM BEECH ISLAND SC 0.75 INCH HAIL
03/17/96 AIKEN SPOTTER REPORTS DIME SIZE
HAIL NEAR BEECH ISLAND.
744 AM AIKEN SC 0.75 INCH HAIL
03/17/96 AIKEN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR
REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL
NEAR INTERSECTION OF HWY
302/78 NEAR AIKEN.
808 AM SPRINGFIELD SC 0.75 INCH HAIL
03/17/96 ORANGEBURG ORANGEBURG COUNTY EPD
REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL
NEAR SPRINGFIELD.
CTCLocal storm report, Mar 17, 8:27 AM EST, 49 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA, SC
827 AM EST SUN MAR 17 1996
TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
705 AM HEPHZIBAH GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/17/96 RICHMOND RICHMOND COUNTY EPD
REPORTS GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL NEAR HEPHZIBAH
IN SOUTHERN RICHMOND
COUNTY.
730 AM BEECH ISLAND SC 0.75 INCH HAIL
03/17/96 AIKEN SPOTTER REPORTS DIME SIZE
HAIL NEAR BEECH ISLAND.
744 AM AIKEN SC 0.75 INCH HAIL
03/17/96 AIKEN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR
REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL
NEAR INTERSECTION OF HWY
302/78 NEAR AIKEN.
808 AM SPRINGFIELD SC 0.75 INCH HAIL
03/17/96 ORANGEBURG ORANGEBURG COUNTY EPD
REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL
NEAR SPRINGFIELD.
CTCLocal storm report, Mar 17, 8:28 AM EST, 48 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA, SC
827 AM EST SUN MAR 17 1996
TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
705 AM HEPHZIBAH GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/17/96 RICHMOND RICHMOND COUNTY EPD
REPORTS GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL NEAR HEPHZIBAH
IN SOUTHERN RICHMOND
COUNTY.
730 AM BEECH ISLAND SC 0.75 INCH HAIL
03/17/96 AIKEN SPOTTER REPORTS DIME SIZE
HAIL NEAR BEECH ISLAND.
744 AM AIKEN SC 0.75 INCH HAIL
03/17/96 AIKEN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR
REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL
NEAR INTERSECTION OF HWY
302/78 NEAR AIKEN.
808 AM SPRINGFIELD SC 0.75 INCH HAIL
03/17/96 ORANGEBURG ORANGEBURG COUNTY EPD
@ REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL
NEAR SPRINGFIELD.
CTCLocal storm report, Mar 17, 9:02 AM EST, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
902 AM EST SUN MAR 17 1996
TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
828 AM NEESES SC 0.75 INCH HAIL
03/17/96 ORANGEBURG ORANGEBURG COUNTY EPD
REPORTS 3/4" HAIL NEAR
NEESES AND AT PINE HILL,
ABOUT 6 SE NEESES.
CTCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 6:31 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | McDuffie | 29 min |
| Mar 17, 6:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Columbia, Richmond | 25 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.