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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 195, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 24, 1996Haralson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1996, 9:07 PM EDT for Haralson County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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 24, 1996, 9:07 PM EDT (01:07 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 1996, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Haralson County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 81 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 1996-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2447 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 1996-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -31 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
2447 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1602 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 250108
SVRATL
GAC143-250145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
907 PM EDT FRI MAY 24 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...SOUTHERN HARALSON COUNTY
 
AT 905 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PEACHTREE CITY
INDICATED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN CARROLL COUNTY WAS
DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE NORTH TOWARD BREMEN IN SOUTHERN HARALSON COUNTY.
THIS STORM IS LIKELY PRODUCING HAIL NEAR 1 INCH IN DIAMETER.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 8:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll37 min
May 24, 10:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton46 min
May 24, 10:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Polk46 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.