Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 6, 1996, 11:49 AM EST for Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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
- Mar 6, 1996, 11:49 AM EST (16:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 1996, 12:15 PM EST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Laurens County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:50 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
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 247 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
- 21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -306 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 596 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KATL 061651 RRA SVRATL GAC175-061715- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1149 AM EST WED MAR 6 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...LAURENS COUNTY AT 11:40 AM EST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF DUBLIN MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO DUBLIN IN 30 MINUTES. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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, 5 hours 18 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, 4 hours 52 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, 4 hours 51 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, 2 hours 49 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, 2 hours 44 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, 2 hours 42 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, 9:22 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fulton | 53 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.