Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 184, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 1996, 12:11 AM EDT for Monroe County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 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
- May 8, 1996, 12:11 AM EDT (04:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 1996, 1:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Monroe County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:13 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 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 466 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1606 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 080411 SVRATL GAC207-080500- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1211 AM EDT WED MAY 8 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY AT 1210 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN PEACHTREE CITY GEORGIA INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH OF FORSYTH GEORGIA MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN 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
Local storm report, May 7, 7:54 PM EDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED FOR DATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
740 PM EDT TUE MAY 7 1996
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
406 PM NR DUCKTOWN GA HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL REPORTED
5/7/96 FORSYTH BY SHERIFFS DEPT
420 PM CUMMING GA QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED
5/7/96 FORSYTH BY SHERIFFS DEPT
440 PM COHUTTA GA DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED
5/7/96 WHITFIELD BY PUBLIC
510 PM 5W OSCARVILLE GA QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE
5/6/96 FORSYTH HAIL REPORTED BY CUMMING POLICE.
530PM COMMERCE GA QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
JACKSON REPORTED BY JACKSON 911
550PM ILA GA GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED
5/7/96 MADISON BY EMA OGLETHORPE COUNTY
600 PM POCATALIGO GA 911 REPORTED SEVERAL UNCON-
5/7/96 MADISON FIRMED REPORTS OF TORNADO..
MORE INFO COMING
JBLocal storm report, May 7, 9:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
950 PM EDT TUE MAY 7 1996
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
600 PM ILA GA HAIL SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN
5/7/96 MADISON GOLF BALL SIZE REPORTED BY
MADISON 911
600 PM DANIELSVILLE GA GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL
5/7/96 MADISON REPORTED BY SPOTTER
630 PM ARCADE GA DIME TO GOLF BALL SIZED
5/7/96 JACKSON HAIL REPORTED BY JACKSON
911
630 PM REDSTONE GA DIME TO GOLF BALL SIZED
5/7/96 JACKSON HAIL REPORTED BY JACKSON
911
645 PM TIGNALL GA FORD EMPLOYEE REPORTED
5/7/96 WILKES GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL
TMSLocal storm report, May 8, 12:00 AM EDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1150 PM EDT TUE MAY 7 1996
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
600 PM POCATALIGO GA GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL..LIMBS
5/7/96 MADISON BLOWN DOWN..CONFIRMED FUNNEL
CLOUD..NO DAMAGE. MADISON 911
1023 PM SPARTA GA QUARTER SIZED HAIL LINTON HWY
5/7/96 HANCOCK REPORTED BY SHERIFFS OFFICE.
1034 PM ATHENS GA GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN FRON YARD
5/7/96 CLARKE OF RESIDENT OF JACKSON-CLARKE
COUNTY LINE REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
JBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 9:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock | 54 min |
| May 7, 10:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Sumter | 44 min |
| May 8, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley | 49 min |
| May 8, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkinson | 54 min |
| May 8, 7:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Washington | 43 min |
| May 8, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkinson | 15 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.