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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 217, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 29, 1996Baldwin County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1996, 6:53 PM EDT for Baldwin County, Georgia. It was in force for 52 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 29, 1996, 6:53 PM EDT (22:53 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 1996, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Baldwin County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 1996-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 98 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 1996-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
98 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-260 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
861 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 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 292256
SVRATL
GAC009-292345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
653 PM EDT WED MAY 29 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...BALDWIN COUNTY
 
AT 651 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES
NORTH OF MILLEDGEVILLE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS CELL HAS BEEN
ACCOMPANIED BY QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INNTERIOR 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.
 
 
 
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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 29, 3:27 PM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
091>098-103>113-300230-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
325 PM EDT WED MAY 29 1996

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA
FROM RABUN COUNTY TO WHITE COUNTY...AND SOUTHEAST TO GLASCOCK TO RICHMOND
COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE INTO TONIGHT.

THE AIRMASS OVER GEORGIA IS UNSTABLE ENOUGH THAT AFTERNOON HEATING
SHOULD TRIGGER THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. ALSO...A COLD FRONT AND UPPER
AIR DISTURBANCE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST FROM WESTERN TENNESSEE WILL
PROVIDE ADDED LIFT TO PRODUCE SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH WINDS AND
POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM ANY SEVERE STORMS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

BDG
Special weather statement, May 29, 6:23 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
GAZ060-292300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
620 PM EDT WED MAY 29 1996

A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER PUTNAM COUNTY GA WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 2O MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH WINDS
GUSTING TO 55 MPH AND LARGE HAIL.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT OVER THIS AREA UNTIL 11 PM
EDT.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION O0R WARNINGS.

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.