Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 242, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1996, 4:41 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Wheeler County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 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 13, 1996, 4:41 PM EDT (20:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1996, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Montgomery County, GA, Wheeler County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:40 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 13, 4:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Alamo, 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
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 2064 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 771 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 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 132042 SVRATL GAC209-309-132130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 441 PM EDT THU JUN 13 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...MONTGOMERY COUNTY...WHEELER COUNTY AT 440 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALAMO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 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 13, 11:20 AM EDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-140300- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1116 AM EDT THU JUN 13 1996 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER GEORGIA WILL AID IN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH THE GREATEST THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. KM
Local storm report, Jun 13, 1:25 PM EDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...UPDATED REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
120 PM EDT THU JUN 13 1996
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
700 PM TO COVINGTON TO CONYERS GA GOLFBALL TO BASEBALL
715 PM NEWTON ROCKDALE SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY
6/12/96 PUBLIC TO WSB-TV BETWEEN
CONYERS AND COVINGTON GA.Local storm report, Jun 13, 3:47 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...UPDATED REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
344 PM EDT THU JUN 13 1996
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
215 PM 1 N AMERICUS GA POWER LINES DOWN.
6/13/96 SUMTER
237 PM ATLANTA GA EVENT TENT(CIRCUS TENT)
6/13/96 FULTON BLOWN OVER AT ATLANTA
l FULTON COUNTY STADIUM.
TWO MINOR INJURIES.
316 PM MONTICELLO GA TREES DOWN IN TOWN OF
6/13/96 JASPER MONTICELLO.The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 9:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock | 30 min |
| Jun 13, 8:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Webster | 41 min |
| Jun 13, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Sumter | 51 min |
| Jun 13, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Paulding | 40 min |
| Jun 13, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Douglas | 40 min |
| Jun 13, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fulton | 35 min |
| Jun 13, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 42 min |
| Jun 13, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper | 50 min |
| Jun 13, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones | 26 min |
| Jun 13, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Schley | 41 min |
| Jun 13, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson | 47 min |
| Jun 13, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs | 35 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996
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.