Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 217, NWS Atlanta, GA
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.
- 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
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. &
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
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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.