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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 233, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 13, 1996Marion County, Webster County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1996, 8:19 AM EDT for Marion County, Webster County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 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
Jun 13, 1996, 8:19 AM EDT (12:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 1996, 9:00 AM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Marion County, GA, Webster County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 12:00Z on 1996-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1734 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 12:00Z on 1996-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1734 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
825 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 131220
SVRATL
GAC197-307-131300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
819 AM EDT THU JUN 13 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...MARION COUNTY...WEBSTER COUNTY
 
AT 815 AM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE
STEWART/WEBSTER/MARION COUNTY LINE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMEXRGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 9:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock30 min
Jun 13, 2:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter51 min
Jun 13, 2:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Paulding40 min
Jun 13, 2:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas40 min
Jun 13, 2:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton35 min
Jun 13, 2:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb42 min
Jun 13, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper50 min
Jun 13, 3:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones26 min
Jun 13, 4:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Schley41 min
Jun 13, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Wheeler49 min
Jun 13, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Jefferson47 min
Jun 13, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.