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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 202, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 26, 1996Wilkes County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 1996, 6:33 PM EDT for Wilkes County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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 26, 1996, 6:33 PM EDT (22:33 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 1996, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Wilkes County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 26, 6:55 PM EDTThunderstorm WindTyrone, 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 1996-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1141 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 1996-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1141 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
982 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 262235
SVRATL
GAC317-262300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
633 PM EDT SUN MAY 26 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...WILKES COUNTY
 
AT 6:30 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN TYRONE
AND WASHINGTON. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
 
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 INSI>DE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 4:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTowns38 min
May 26, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWhite35 min
May 26, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLumpkin35 min
May 26, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWhite38 min
May 26, 6:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMurray, Whitfield54 min
May 26, 6:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Hall50 min
May 26, 7:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Forsyth, Gwinnett54 min
May 26, 7:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaliaferro, Wilkes34 min
May 26, 7:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaliaferro, Wilkes25 min

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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.