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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 280, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 5, 1996Jefferson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1996, 2:33 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 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
Jul 5, 1996, 2:33 PM EDT (18:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 1996, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Jefferson County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:32 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 197 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 1996-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1996-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1640 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 051835
SVRATL
GAC163-051915-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
233 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...JEFFERSON COUNTY
 
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 5 MILE WEST OF
LOUISVILLE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE NEAR WRENS
BY 245 PM.
 
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 EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

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, Jul 5, 12:12 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
091>098-103>113-060300-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1211 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 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 CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA WILL
SPREAD OVER NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AS A WARM FRONT MOVE ACROSS
NORTH GEORGIA. SCATTERED STRONG STORMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED ACROSS
CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA AND THESE WILL SLOWLY SPREAD INTO NORTHWARD
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE
WITH STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL.

SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN THE MODERATE RISK
AREA SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE
ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON.
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 12:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
091>098-103>113-060300-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...CORRECT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1218 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 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 CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA WILL
SPREAD OVER NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AS A WARM FRONT MOVES ACROSS
NORTH GEORGIA. SCATTERED STRONG STORMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED ACROSS
CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA AND THESE WILL SLOWLY SPREAD NORTHWARD
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE
WITH STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBL Y SMALL HAIL.

SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN THE MODERATE RISK
AREA SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE
ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON.
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 12:21 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
091>098-103>113-060300-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1220 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 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 CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA WILL
SPREAD OVER NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AS A WARM FRONT MOVES ACROSS
NORTH GEORGIA. SCATTERED STRONG STORMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED ACROSS
CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA AND THESE WILL SLOWLY SPREAD NORTHWARD
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE
WITH STRONG WINDS AND POSSI&BLY SMALL HAIL.

SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE
ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 7:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaliaferro, Warren32 min
Jul 5, 1:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Dooly53 min
Jul 5, 2:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs, Wilkinson62 min
Jul 5, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.