Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 6, 1996, 9:22 AM EST for Clayton County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 53 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 6, 1996, 9:22 AM EST (14:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 1996, 10:15 AM EST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clayton County, GA, Fulton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 9:30 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Conley, 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 168 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 561 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 320 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 332 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 061422 RRA SVRATL GAC063-121-061515- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 922 AM EST WED MAR 6 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...NORTHERN CLAYTON COUNTY...SOUTHERN FULTON COUNTY AT 920 AM EST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR FULTON COUNTY AIRPORT MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. 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. l REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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, Mar 6, 6:31 AM EST, 2 hours 51 minutes before
GAZ005>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-061630- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 630 AM EST WED MAR 6 1996 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WAS APPROACHING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY EARLY THIS MORNING. AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...WARM MOIST AIR HAD BECOME THE RULE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S.. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED IN THE MOIST WARM AIR AND MOVED ACROSS ALABAMA INTO GEORGIA DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS. SOME OF THE STORMS PRODUCED SEVERE WEATHER OVER PORTIONS OF ALABAMA DURING THE NIGHT. AS THE COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE EASTWARD TODAY...THUNDERSTORMS COULD ONCE AGAIN INTENSIFY AND MOVE INTO PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION LATER TODAY.
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 6:57 AM EST, 2 hours 25 minutes before
GAZ031-032-033-061400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 657 AM EST WED MAR 6 1996 AT 655 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN PAULDING...COBB AND NORTHERN FULTON COUNTIES. THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 6:58 AM EST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
GAZ031-032-033-061400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 657 AM EST WED MAR 6 1996 AT 655 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN PAULDING...COBB AND NORTHERN FULTON COUNTIES. THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Local storm report, Mar 6, 9:00 AM EST, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED FOR DATE/TIME GROUP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
900 AM EST WED MAR 6 1996
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
750 AM NEAR MULBERRY GROVE GA SHERIFFS OFFICE RPTD TORNADO
3/6/96 AND HAMILTON TOUCHDOWN. 1 HOUSE DAMAGED.
HARRIS
800 AM FORSTON GA 15 TREES UPROOTED AND BLOWN
3/6/96 HARRIS IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
845 AM BEAVERDAM ROAD GA SHERIFF REPORTED DAMAGE TO
3/6/96 OGLETHORPE HOUSE. 7 TREES DOWN.
846 AM DELRAY ROAD GA STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO HOUSE
3/6/96 UPSON ON DELRAY ROAD BETWEEN
U.S. 19 AND GA 36.Local storm report, Mar 6, 9:05 AM EST, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
900 AM EST WED MAR 6 1996
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
750 AM NEAR MULBERRY GROVE GA SHERIFFS OFFICE RPTD TORNADO
AND HAMILTON TOUCHDOWN. 1 HOUSE DAMAGED.
3/6/96 HARRIS
800 AM FORSTON GA 15 TREES UPROOTED AND BLOWN
HARRIS IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
845 AM BEAVERDAM ROAD GA SHERIFF REPORTED DAMAGE TO
OGLETHORPE HOUSE. 7 TREES DOWN.
846 AM DELRAY ROAD GA STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO HOUS.E
UPSON ON DELRAY ROAD BETWEEN
U.S. 19 AND GA 36.Local storm report, Mar 6, 9:07 AM EST, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED FOR DATE/TIME GROUP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
900 AM EST WED MAR 6 1996
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
750 AM NEAR MULBERRY GROVE GA SHERIFFS OFFICE RPTD TORNADO
3/6/96 AND HAMILTON TOUCHDOWN. 1 HOUSE DAMAGED.
HARRIS
800 AM FORSTON GA 15 TREES UPROOTED AND BLOWN
3/6/96 HARRIS IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
845 AM BEAVERDAM ROAD GA SHERIFF REPORTED DAMAGE TO
3/6/96 OGLETHORPE HOUSE. 7 TREES DOWN.
846 AM DELRAY ROAD 4 GA STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO HOUSE
3/6/96 UPSON ON DELRAY ROAD BETWEEN
U.S. 19 AND GA 36.The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 7:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris | 30 min |
| Mar 6, 7:56 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Talbot | 34 min |
| Mar 6, 8:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion | 45 min |
| Mar 6, 8:06 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Marion | 39 min |
| Mar 6, 8:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Schley, Taylor | 45 min |
| Mar 6, 8:26 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Sumter, Webster | 49 min |
| Mar 6, 8:44 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 4 hr |
| Mar 6, 8:44 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 4 hr |
| Mar 6, 8:47 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Peach | 43 min |
| Mar 6, 9:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Houston | 45 min |
| Mar 6, 9:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Pulaski, Twiggs | 46 min |
| Mar 6, 10:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 40 min |
| Mar 6, 11:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Houston, Pulaski | 47 min |
| Mar 6, 11:36 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Pulaski | 54 min |
| Mar 6, 11:49 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 26 min |
| Mar 6, 12:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Laurens | 54 min |
| Mar 6, 12:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson, Treutlen | 47 min |
| Mar 6, 12:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Wilcox | 25 min |
| Mar 6, 12:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Wilcox | 30 min |
| Mar 6, 1:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Telfair | 43 min |
| Mar 6, 1:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Talbot, Taylor | 51 min |
| Mar 6, 6:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Forsyth | 45 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.