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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 231, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 12, 1996Morgan County, Newton County, Walton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1996, 7:32 PM EDT for Morgan County, Newton County, Walton County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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 12, 1996, 7:32 PM EDT (23:32 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 1996, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Morgan County, GA, Newton County, GA, Walton County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 12, 7:35 PM EDT	Hail 0.75	Covington, 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 81 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 106 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1256 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 122334
SVRATL
GAC211-217-297-130000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
732 PM EDT WED JUN 12 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...WESTERN MORGAN COUNTY...EASTERN NEWTON COUNTY
   ...SOUTHERN WALTON COUNTY
 
AT 730 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN
NEWTON COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS COVINGTON AND SOCIAL CIRCLE IN SOUTHERN
WALTON COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH ALONG I-20.
 
 
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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 12, 4:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Wilkes	22 min
Jun 12, 6:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Rockdale	36 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.