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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 117, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 15, 1996Bleckley County, Dodge County, Pulaski County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1996, 2:15 AM EDT for Bleckley County, Dodge County, Pulaski County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 1996, 2:15 AM EDT (06:15 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 1996, 3:00 AM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bleckley County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Pulaski County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 00:00Z on 1996-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 217 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 00:00Z on 1996-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
217 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-170 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2287 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 150615
SVRATL
GAC023-091-235-150700-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
215 AM EDT MON APR 15 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...BLECKLEY COUNTY...NORTHERN DODGE COUNTY...PULASKI COUNTY
 
AT 213 AM EDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHWEST
WILCOX COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 9:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Troup46 min
Apr 15, 12:18 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSchley, Sumter42 min
Apr 15, 12:18 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWebster42 min
Apr 15, 1:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Wilcox48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.