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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 227, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1996, 8:55 PM EDT for Telfair County, Wheeler County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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 7, 1996, 8:55 PM EDT (00:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1996, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Telfair County, GA, Wheeler County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 9:09 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Lumber City, 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 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1255 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -74 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 080058 SVRATL GAC271-309-080130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 855 PM EDT FRI JUN 7 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...EASTERN TELFAIR COUNTY...WHEELER COUNTY AT 855 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR LUMBER CITY. MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. 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 YOHUR 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 7, 3:32 PM EDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before
GAZ001>038-041>050-052>060-066>072-078>082-091-094-072330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 330 PM EDT FRI JUN 7 1996 ...UNSETTLED WEATHER FOR NORTHWEST GEORGIA THROUGH SATURDAY... A STRONG UPPER-LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING GEORGIA FROM THE NORTHWEST ALONG WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING FROM THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES WILL COLLIDE WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS THE REGION TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE STATE THIS WEEKEND. NORTHWEST GEORGIA...GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM BUENA VISTA TO ATHENS...WILL SEE THE CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM SYSTEM LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD PLAN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES FOR THIS WEEKEND WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER IN MIND...NEVER STAY OUTDOORS IN A THUNDERSTORM. EVERYONE ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF DANGEROUS WEATHER THREATENS. KEEP LISTENING TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. MSS
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 8:18 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-091> 098-103>113-080045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 815 PM EDT FRI JUN 7 1996 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #578 HAS EXPIRED AT 800 PM EDT. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DIMINISHED AND MOVED TO OVER EAST GEORGIA. HOWEVER LINGERING THUNDERSTORMS NEAR A GAINESVILLE TO WATKINSVILLE TO MACON TO MCRAE MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN AT RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AT 25 MPH.
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.