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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 135, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 26, 1996Jefferson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 1996, 6:45 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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 26, 1996, 6:45 PM EDT (22:45 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 1996, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

County Jefferson County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 26, 7:25 PM EDT	Hail 1.75	Louisville, 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 197 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 52 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 650 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 263 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 222 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 262247
SVRATL
GAC163-262315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
645 PM EDT FRI APR 26 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...JEFFERSON COUNTY
 
AT 640 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM OVER GRANGE IN WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY...MOVING TO THE
EAST AT 35 MPH. HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO LIKELY DUE TO A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PASSED
THROUGH THE SAME AREA LESS THAN ONE HOUR AGO.
 
A SECOND INTENSE STORM IS LOCATED IN CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY...BETWEEN
WRENS AND LOUISVILLE.
 
BOTH ARE DANGEROUS STORMS.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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 26, 4:28 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

GAZ080-081-082-091-092-093-094-095-103-104-105-122-123-124-262130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
428 PM EDT FRI APR 26 1996

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR SEVERAL
COUNTIES IN WESTCENTRAL GEORGIA...

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH...

BIBB...CRAWFORD...TAYLOR...MARION...WEBSTER...SCHLEY...MACON...
PEACH...HOUSTON...DOOLEY...SUMTER...TERRELL...RANDOLPH...AND CLAY.

AT 425 PM EDT A BAND OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED
TO DRIFT FARTHER SOUTH ACROSS GEORGIA. THEREFORE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF THE REST OF
SOUTHERN AND EASTCENTRAL GEORGIA.

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

Local storm report, Apr 26, 6:30 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
629 PM EDT FRI APR 26 1996

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

605 PM     EDGEHILL                  GA   0.75 inch hail
4/26/96    GLASCOCK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 26, 1:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Houston, Twiggs	42 min
Apr 26, 1:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Laurens, Wilkinson	54 min
Apr 26, 1:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Johnson, Washington	50 min
Apr 26, 2:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Treutlen	44 min
Apr 26, 5:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Glascock, Jefferson, Washington	48 min
Apr 26, 7:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jefferson	32 min
Apr 26, 7:21 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Jefferson	39 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.