Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 320, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 1996, 9:38 PM EDT for Hall County, Jackson County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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 26, 1996, 9:38 PM EDT (01:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 1996, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hall County, GA, Jackson County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:41 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 26, 9:40 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Gainesville, 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 308 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
- 1370 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1291 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 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 270137 SVRATL GAC139-157-270215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 938 PM EDT MON AUG 26 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...EASTERN HALL COUNTY...JACKSON COUNTY AT 935 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GAINESVILLE...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM HAS BEN ACCOMPANIED BY GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 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 26, 4:14 PM EDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
GAZ080-091-092-262120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 415 PM EDT MON AUG 26 1996 AT 410 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN COLUMBUS AND MONTEZUMA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. THEY WERE PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. |VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 4:53 PM EDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
GAZ068>070-262155- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 454 PM EDT MON AUG 26 1996 AT 450 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ON THE PIKE-LAMAR COUTNY LINE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taylor | 37 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.