Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 139, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 1996, 3:58 PM EDT for Harris County, Georgia. It was in force for 62 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, 3:58 PM EDT (19:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 1996, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Harris County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 80 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 291958 SVRATL GAC145-292100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 358 PM EDT MON APR 29 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...HARRIS COUNTY AT 355 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS IN MUSCOGEE COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF ELLERSLIE AND REHOBETH WITHIN THE NEXT 30 TO 45 MINUTES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEATDLY 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, 10:39 AM EDT, 5 hours 19 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
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 11:37 AM EDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-292200- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...CORRECTED EXPIRATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1135 AM EDT MON APR 29 1996 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM A LOW PRESSURE CENTER OVER ILLINOIS SOUTHWARD INTO LOUISIANA WILL MOVE EAST INTO ALBAMA BY MIDNIGHT. 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 AND TONIGHT. SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PEOPLE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION DURING THIS PERIOD. DH
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 12:47 PM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
GAZ075-076-084>086-096>098-107>113-291845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1245 PM EDT MON APR 29 1996 THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SMALL HAIL. AT 1245 PM THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER EMANUEL...JOHNSON... ...WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO RESPOND IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.
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, 10:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 46 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.