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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 168, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 6, 1996Clarke County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 1996, 6:40 PM EDT for Clarke County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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
May 6, 1996, 6:40 PM EDT (22:40 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 1996, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Clarke County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 6, 7:00 PM EDTHail 0.75Athens, 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 123 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1996-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1203 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1996-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -54 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1203 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
941 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 062240
SVRATL
GAC059-062315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
640 PM EDT MON MAY 6 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 NORTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...CLARKE COUNTY
 
AT 638 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH OF ARCADE IN JACKSON COUNTY. THE STORM WAS
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGpENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

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

Local storm report, May 6, 12:40 PM EDT, 6 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1239 AM EDT MON MAY 6 1996

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....
 
1235 PM    HELEN                     GA   1.00 inch hail
5/6/96     WHITE
Local storm report, May 6, 12:59 PM EDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1239 AM EDT MON MAY 6 1996

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

12^35 PM    HELEN                     GA   1.00 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY
5/6/96     WHITE                          WHITE COUNTY 911

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 12:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWhite29 min
May 6, 1:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWhite27 min
May 6, 2:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLumpkin37 min
May 6, 2:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMurray37 min
May 6, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Walker39 min
May 6, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkes33 min
May 6, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMadison30 min
May 6, 3:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMurray, Whitfield41 min
May 6, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett31 min
May 6, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMadison, Oglethorpe30 min
May 6, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Jackson40 min
May 6, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall31 min
May 6, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Forsyth, Fulton41 min
May 6, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett, Hall52 min
May 6, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd34 min
May 6, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJackson32 min
May 6, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow31 min
May 6, 7:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton41 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.