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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 228, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 8, 1996Haralson County, Polk County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1996, 9:08 PM EDT for Haralson County, Polk 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 8, 1996, 9:08 PM EDT (01:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1996, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Haralson County, GA, Polk County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 8, 9:16 PM EDTThunderstorm WindTallapoosa, 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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 00:00Z on 1996-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 497 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 00:00Z on 1996-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
497 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
661 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KATL 090111
SVRATL
GAC143-233-090145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
908 PM EDT SAT JUN 8 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...NORTHERN HARALSON COUNTY...POLK COUNTY
 
AT 908 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 2 MILES WEST OF FELTON IN HARALSON COUNTY MOVING TO
THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL PASS VERY NEAR CEDARTOWN
BY 925 PM.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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.