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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 220, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1996, 3:38 PM EDT for Rockdale County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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
- Jun 4, 1996, 3:38 PM EDT (19:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1996, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rockdale County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 3:41 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Magnet, 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1018 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 041937 SVRATL GAC247-042015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 338 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...ROCKDALE COUNTY AT 335 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONYERS GEORGIA MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. 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, Jun 4, 11:10 AM EDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-042200- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1115 AM EDT TUE JUN 4 1996 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FROM THE ATLANTA AND ATHENS AREAS NORTHWARD. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA. A SLOW MOVING...WEAK COLD FRONT OVER WEST CENTRAL TENNESSEE WILL MOVE TOWARD THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TODAY. MODERATELY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL ALLOW WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA...GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM ATLANTA TO ATHENS... SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL THE MAIN THREAT. SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS IN NORTH GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. MSS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 29 min |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.