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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 354, NWS Atlanta, GA

December 12, 1996Meriwether County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 12, 1996, 5:11 PM EST for Meriwether County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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
Dec 12, 1996, 5:11 PM EST (22:11 UTC)
Expired
Dec 12, 1996, 5:45 PM EST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Meriwether County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 41 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 1996-12-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 104 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1996-12-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
104 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
540 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 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.

439 
WUUS1 KATL 122214 RRA
SVRATL
GAC199-122245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
511 PM EST THU DEC 12 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...MERIWETHER COUNTY
 
AT 510 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES WEST OF GREENVILLE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DONT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 12, 3:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson, Polk64 min
Dec 12, 3:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Dawson52 min
Dec 12, 5:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris29 min
Dec 12, 5:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar, Monroe, Upson41 min
Dec 12, 5:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard, Troup42 min
Dec 12, 6:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar, Pike, Upson60 min
Dec 12, 6:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMonroe60 min
Dec 12, 6:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones39 min
Dec 12, 6:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.