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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 215, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 27, 1996White County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1996, 9:48 PM EDT for White County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 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 27, 1996, 9:48 PM EDT (01:48 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 1996, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County White County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 1996-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 628 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1996-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 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
628 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1799 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 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 280149
SVRATL
GAC139-311-135-280230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
948 PM EDT MON MAY 27 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...HALL COUNTY...WHITE COUNTY
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...NORTHERN GWINNETT COUNTY
 
AT 945 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
FROM DAHLONEGA TO DAWSONVILLE TO CUMMING TO ROSWELL MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH. THESE STORMS HAV BEEN ACCOMPANIED BY DAMAGING WINDS THAT HAVE
DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES.
 
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 DRjIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 8:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Polk54 min
May 27, 8:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Paulding47 min
May 27, 9:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Cobb45 min
May 27, 9:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Lumpkin43 min
May 27, 9:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton43 min
May 27, 9:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPickens43 min
May 27, 9:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett, Hall42 min
May 27, 10:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.