Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 2, 1996, 4:30 PM EST for Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 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
- Jan 2, 1996, 4:30 PM EST (21:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 2, 1996, 5:15 PM EST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 4:50 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Sandersville, 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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 512 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 290 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 316 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 022131 RRA SVRATL GAC303-022215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 430 PM EST TUE JAN 2 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 430 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS ENTERING NORTHWEST WASHINGTON COUNTY JUST TO THE WEST OF DEEPSTEP. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED DIME SIZED HAIL DURING THE PAST 30 MINUTES. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 4:38 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Washington | 52 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.