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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 189, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 8, 1996Glascock County, Warren County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 1996, 8:24 PM EDT for Glascock County, Warren County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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, 8:24 PM EDT (00:24 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 1996, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Glascock County, GA, Warren County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:27 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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 00:00Z on 1996-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 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 00:00Z on 1996-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2016 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-21 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 090025
SVRATL
GAC125-301-090100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
824 PM EDT WED MAY 8 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...GLASCOCK COUNTY...EASTERN WARREN COUNTY
 
AT 823 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 2 MILES
NORTH OF GIBSON MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL PASS NEAR
BASTONVILLE BY 835 PM EDT.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PR,OTECTION 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, May 8, 2:52 PM EDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
091>098-103>113-082200-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
250 PM EDT WED MAY 8 1996

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN GEORGIA
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MOSTLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM ATLANTA TO
ATHENS.

A WEAK FRONT LOCATED OVER EASTERN TENNESSEE AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL
BE SLOW TO MOVE OUT OF THE STATE TODAY. THE AIRMASS REMAINS UNSTABLE
AND THE FRONT WILL TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW SEVERE...PRIMARILY
OVER THE NORTH...WITH WIDELY SCATTERED STORMS CENTRAL.

SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PEOPLE SHOULD KEEP AWARE OF WEATHER
DEVELOPMENTS THIS AFTERNOON.

WRS
Local storm report, May 8, 5:15 PM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
515 PM EDT WED MAY 8 1996

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

530 PM     VESTA                     GA   QUARTER SIZED HAIL
5/7/96

TMS
Local storm report, May 8, 5:17 PM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED FOR LOCATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
515 PM EDT WED MAY 8 1996

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

530 PM     VESTA                     GA   QUARTER SIZED HAIL
5/7/96     OGLETHORPE

TMS
Local storm report, May 8, 7:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
710 PM EDT WED MAY 8 1996

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

625 PM     5 SSE COCHRAN             GA   NICKLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED
           BLECKLEY                       BY SHERIFF

706 PM     ALLENTOWN                 GA   BETWEN NICKLE AND GOLFBALL
           WILKERSON COUNTY               SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY FIREMAN

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.