Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 261, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1996, 3:33 PM EDT for Newton County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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 25, 1996, 3:33 PM EDT (19:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1996, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Newton County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 3:53 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 665 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 840 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 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 251933 SVRATL GAC217-252000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 333 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...NEWTON COUNTY AT 332 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF COVINGTON MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPlLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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 25, 11:21 AM EDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
GAZ001>166-252100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1120 AM EDT TUE JUN 25 1996 ...HEAT INDICES 105 TO 110 DEGREES ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON... TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 90S ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. THESE TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH HUMIDITY LEVELS AROUND 50 PERCENT WILL CAUSE HEAT INDICES IN TH 105 TO 110 DEGREE RANGE. THE HEAT INDEX IS A MEASURE OF HOW HOT IT FEELS WHEN THE EFFECTS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY ARE COMBINED WITH THE TEMPERATURE. A HEAT INDEX OF 105 DEGREES IS CONSIDERED THE LEVEL AT WHICH THE BODY BEGINS TO SUCCUMB TO THE EFFECTS OF EXCESSIVE HEAT. INDICES OF 105 OR GREATER CAN LEAD TO HEAT CRAMPS...HEAT EXHAUSTION AND POSSIBLY SUNSTROKE. YOUNG CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY AND PERSONS WITH CHRONIC AILMENTS ARE USUALLY THE FIRST TO SUFFER FROM EXCESSIVE HEAT. FRIENDS... RELATIVES OR NEIGHBORS SHOULD CHECK ON PEOPLE SUSPECTED OF BEING AT RISK. EFFECTS CAN BE MINIMIZED BY REDUCING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES... DRINKING PLENTY OF WATER OR OTHER NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES... WEARING LIGHT COLORED/LIGHT WEIGHT CLOTHING AND...IF POSSIBLE ...SPENDING MORE TIME IN AIR-CONDITIONED FACILITIES.
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 2:48 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
GAZ032-033-042>045-053-054-251945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 253 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 1996 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE AGAIN REDEVELOPED OVER THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PART OF THE ATLANTA METRO AREA... AT 240 PM THE PEACHTREE CITY RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM NEAR ACTWORTH TO CARROLLTON...THEN EAST TO HAPEVILLE AND PEACHTREE CITY AND ATLANTA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR. COBB COUNTY 911 REPORTED VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES. AT 230 PM WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MILES AN HOUR WAS REPORTED AT DOBBINS AIR FORCE BASE AT MARIETTA. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS RECEIVED AT THIS TIME OF WIND DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM. WEATHER RADAR NOW SHOWS THE STORM HAVING WEAKENED AND MOVING INTO FULTON COUNTY. STORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE ATLANTA AREA WHICH INCLUDES COBB...FULTON...CAROL...COWETA...FAYETTA...AND CLAYTON COUNTIES. VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH ...AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL LIKELY OCCUR AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AND SOUTHEAST OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. G2B
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Paulding | 35 min |
| Jun 25, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Henry | 36 min |
| Jun 25, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Rockdale | 36 min |
| Jun 25, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper | 32 min |
| Jun 25, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Macon | 30 min |
| Jun 25, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Meriwether | 35 min |
| Jun 25, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pulaski | 31 min |
| Jun 25, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge | 26 min |
| Jun 25, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge | 34 min |
| Jun 25, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 30 min |
| Jun 25, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair | 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.