Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 219, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1996, 10:29 PM EDT for Hancock County, Warren County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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, 10:29 PM EDT (02:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1996, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hancock County, GA, Warren County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 2117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 886 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 300232 SVRATL GAC141-301-300300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1029 PM EDT WED MAY 29 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...NORTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY...SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY AT 1025 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF SPARTA MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL PASS NEAR MAYFIELD BY 1045 PM. 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 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, 6:23 PM EDT, 4 hours 6 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.
Local storm report, May 29, 7:01 PM EDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
655 AM EDT WED MAY 29 1996
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
64V5 PM MURDER CREEK GA REPORT OF QUARTER SIZE RELAYED
5/29/96 PUTNAM BY PUTNAM COUNTY 911Special weather statement, May 29, 9:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
GAZ006>009-012>016-019>025-027-030>037-041>047-300200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 910 PM EDT WED MAY 29 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR MUCH OF NORTH GEORGIA... AT 9 PM EDT ONLY ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING IN NORTH GEORGIA. IT APPEARS THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS SHIFTED INTO THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE. THUS...WHILE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR CENTRALz GEORGIA...THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CITIES...TOWNS...AND COMMUNITIES ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CARROLLTON TO ATLANTA TO ATHENS TO ELBERTON. TWM
Special weather statement, May 29, 10:00 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
GAZ060-061-073-300345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 948 PM EDT WED MAY 29 1996 AT 955 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR EATONTON. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND SHOULD PASS OVER LAKE SINCLAIR AROUND 1030 PM AND NEAR MILLEDGEVILLE AROUND 1100 PM. THIS STORM MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS 45 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 10:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Putnam | 40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.