Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 299, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 1996, 9:01 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 44 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
- Aug 23, 1996, 9:01 PM EDT (01:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 1996, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clayton County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Fulton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 9:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville, 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 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 17 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
- 454 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1801 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 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 240109 COR SVRATL GAC063-077-113-121-240145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ...CORRECTED FOR TYPO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 901 PM EDT FRI AUG 23 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...CLAYTON COUNTY...COWETA COUNTY...FAYETTE COUNTY ...SOUTHERN FULTON COUNTY AT 855 PM WEATHER DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM HAPEVILLE TO RIVERDALE TO 5 MILES NORTH OF PEACHTREE CITY TO 5 MILES EAST OF NEWNAN...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED WINDS OVER 50 MPH THAT HAVE DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES IN GWINETT AND DEKALB COUNTIES. FREQUENT LIGHTNING ALSO ACCOMPANIED THESE STORMS AND HAS PRODUCED SEVERAL HOUSE FIRES. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. &
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, Aug 23, 6:24 PM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
GAZ039-051-062-232325- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 624 PM EDT FRI AUG 23 1996 ...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ACCOMPANYING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN WARREN COUNTY THAT WILL MOVE INTO WILKES AND TALIAFERRO COUNTIES... AT 625 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WASHINGTON IN WILKES COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. THIS MOVEMENT WILL TAKE THE STORM INTO WARREN AND TALIAFERRO COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. THE STORM MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAINFALL AT THE RATE OF ONE TO TWO INCHES AN HOUR...FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUST TO 40 MPH. THE RAIN MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Aug 23, 6:29 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
GAZ039-051-062-232325- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED HEADER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 624 PM EDT FRI AUG 23 1996 ...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ACCOMPANYING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN WILKES COUNTY THAT WILL MOVE INTO WARREN AND TALIAFERRO COUNTIES... AT 625 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WASHINGTON IN WILKES COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. THIS MOVEMENT WILL TAKE THE STORM INTO WARREN AND TALIAFERRO COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. THE STORM MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAINFALL AT THE RATE OF ONE TO TWO INCHES AN HOUR...FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUST TO 40 MPH. THE RAIN MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Aug 23, 7:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
GAZ002-003-240015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 711 PM EDT FRI AUG 23 1996 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTH CATOOSA COUNTY... AT 710 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RINGGOLD IN CATOOSA COUNTY...AND AFFECTING WALKER COUNTY. THIS STORM SHOWED LITTLE MOVEMENT...WHICH CAN RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS STORM WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF0 RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.
Local storm report, Aug 23, 8:39 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
837 PM EDT FRI AUG 23 1996
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
759 PM LILBURN GA WIND DAMAGE
8/23/96 GWINNETT BLDNG COLLAPSED HOLKUM BRIDGE
RD. POWER LINES AND NUMEROU
S TREES DOWN.Local storm report, Aug 23, 8:54 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
855 PM EDT FRI AUG 23 1996
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
820 PM 6W LITHONIA GA WIND DAMAGE
8/23/96 DEKALB NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN SOUTH
PORTION OF COUNTY. SEVERAL
HOMES STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb | 34 min |
| Aug 23, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fayette | 34 min |
| Aug 24, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 39 min |
| Aug 24, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 35 min |
| Aug 24, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 30 min |
| Aug 24, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 33 min |
| Aug 24, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 36 min |
| Aug 24, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 30 min |
| Aug 24, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Peach | 31 min |
| Aug 24, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Henry | 27 min |
| Aug 24, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Paulding | 37 min |
| Aug 24, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe | 28 min |
| Aug 24, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 31 min |
| Aug 24, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Henry, Spalding | 26 min |
| Aug 24, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 25 min |
| Aug 24, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Pike, Upson | 53 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.