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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 203, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 1996, 6:36 PM EDT for Murray County, Whitfield County, Georgia. It was in force for 54 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, 6:36 PM EDT (22:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 1996, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Murray County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:00 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Cohutta, 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 162 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 262238 SVRATL GAC213-313-262330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 636 PM EDT SUN MAY 26 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...MURRAY COUNTY...WHITFIELD COUNTY AT 6:35 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING NORTHERN WHITFIELD AND MURRAY COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. 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. PEBOPLE 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Towns | 38 min |
| May 26, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | White | 35 min |
| May 26, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lumpkin | 35 min |
| May 26, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | White | 38 min |
| May 26, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 27 min |
| May 26, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Hall | 50 min |
| May 26, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Forsyth, Gwinnett | 54 min |
| May 26, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taliaferro, Wilkes | 34 min |
| May 26, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taliaferro, Wilkes | 25 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.