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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 338, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 7, 1996Chattooga County, Floyd County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 7, 1996, 7:21 PM EST for Chattooga County, Floyd County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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: Nov 7, 1996, 7:21 PM EST (00:21 UTC)
Expired: Nov 7, 1996, 8:00 PM EST
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Chattooga County, GA, Floyd County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 7, 7:30 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind	Lyerly, 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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 132 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 700 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 636 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -244 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.8
Supercell composite: -3.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 080023 COR
SVRATL
GAC055-115-080100-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTION TO TIME (EST INSTEAD OF EDT)
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
721 PM EST THU NOV 7 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

   ...CHATTOOGA COUNTY...FLOYD COUNTY

AT 718 PM EST WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
ON THE ALABAMA BORDER WEST OF ROME. THE STORM WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.


A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 7, 9:14 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Heard	31 min
Nov 7, 9:19 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Haralson	26 min
Nov 7, 9:31 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Haralson	19 min
Nov 7, 9:42 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Paulding	33 min
Nov 7, 11:24 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dawson, Forsyth	36 min
Nov 7, 11:50 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Lumpkin, White	25 min
Nov 8, 1:48 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Upson	27 min
Nov 8, 4:48 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dooly, Houston	27 min
Nov 8, 6:00 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Laurens	30 min
Nov 8, 6:22 AM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Laurens	38 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.