Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 1996, 10:59 AM EDT for Jefferson County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 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 29, 1996, 10:59 AM EDT (14:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 1996, 11:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jefferson County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 356 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 644 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 291503 COR SVRATL GAC175-163-291545- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1059 AM EDT MON APR 29 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...NORTHERN LAURENS COUNTY ...JOHNSON COUNTY AT 1055 AM RADAR INDICATED HAIL IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTHEAST OF DUBLIN IN LAURENS COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL PASS INTO J0HNSON COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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 29, 6:36 AM EDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-281530- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 635 AM EDT MON APR 29 1996 THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY AND TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM A LOW PRESSURE CENTER OVER EASTERN MISSOURI SOUTHWARD INTO WESTERN LOUISIANA WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN TENNESSEE AND MISSISSIPPI THIS MONDAY EVENING. AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES...THE ATMOSPHERE OVER GEORGIA WILL BECOME LESS STABLE. THE STRENGTH OF THE COLD FRONT TO LIFT THE AIR...AND THE INCREASED BUOYANCY OF THE AIR AS WARMTH AND MOISTURE IS ADDED FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO...WILL RESULT IN SOME STRONG AND POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PEOPLE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON. WRS
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 6:45 AM EDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-291530- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...CORRECTED EXPIRATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 645 AM EDT MON APR 29 1996 THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY AND TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM A LOW PRESSURE CENTER OVER EASTERN MISSOURI SOUTHWARD INTO WESTERN LOUISIANA WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN TENNESSEE AND MISSISSIPPI THIS MONDAY EVENING. AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES...THE ATMOSPHERE OVER GEORGIA WILL BECOME LESS STABLE. THE STRENGTH OF THE COLD FRONT TO LIFT THE AIR...AND THE INCREASED BUOYANCY OF THE AIR AS WARMTH AND MOISTURE IS ADDED FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO...WILL RESULT IN SOME STRONG AND POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PEOPLE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON. WRS
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 10:39 AM EDT, 20 minutes before
GAZ073-074-083>086-095>098-105>113-291630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1040 AM EDT MON APR 29 1996 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN AS WELL AS STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. BY 1230 PM THEY WILL AFFECT THE COUNTIES OF CRISP...DOOLEY... WILCOX...PULASKI...BLECKLEY...LAURENS...AND PARTS OF WILKINSON AND TELFAIR. SOME OF THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL PRODUCE UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN AN HOUR WHICH MAY CAUSE BRIEF LOCALIZED FLOODING. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND@ STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS. DH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 10:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 46 min |
| Apr 29, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris | 62 min |
| Apr 29, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pike | 30 min |
| Apr 29, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Troup | 39 min |
| Apr 29, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard | 27 min |
| Apr 29, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta | 31 min |
| Apr 29, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fulton | 37 min |
| Apr 29, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly | 51 min |
| Apr 29, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 43 min |
| Apr 29, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston | 29 min |
| Apr 29, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Fulton | 25 min |
| Apr 29, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Upson | 39 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.