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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 13, 1996Taylor County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 13, 1996, 5:11 PM EDT for Taylor County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 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
Apr 13, 1996, 5:11 PM EDT (21:11 UTC)
Expired
Apr 13, 1996, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Taylor County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 13, 5:40 PM EDTHail 1North Taylor County, 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 93 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1996-04-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 28 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1996-04-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
28 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
526 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 132111
SVRATL
GAC269-132200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
511 PM EDT SAT APR 13 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...TAYLOR COUNTY
 
AT 510 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
HOWARD...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS WILL TKE THE
STORM NORTH OF BUTLER IN 15 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.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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

Special weather statement, Apr 13, 12:20 PM EDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
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NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1230 PM EDT SAT APR 13 1996

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

CONSIDERABLE MOISTURE HAS SPREAD INTO THE SOUTHEAST...WELL AHEAD OF A
FRONTAL BOUNDARY NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THE AIRMASS OVER OUR AREA
COULD SUPPORT ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AS STEADY SOUTHWEST WINDS
COMBINE WITH HIGH MOISTURE AND AFTERNOON HEATING.

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WOULD POSE THE GREATEST THREAT.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED BUT SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT
IN CASE SUPPORT IS NEEDED.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 13, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett, Rockdale, Walton53 min
Apr 13, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan, Oconee, Walton43 min
Apr 13, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford37 min
Apr 13, 5:58 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCOconee32 min
Apr 13, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Oglethorpe53 min
Apr 13, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaliaferro, Wilkes46 min
Apr 13, 7:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMonroe39 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

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.