Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 360, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 12, 1996, 6:36 PM EST for Jones County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 min. 2 reports 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
- Dec 12, 1996, 6:36 PM EST (23:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 12, 1996, 7:15 PM EST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jones County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 7:10 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Gray, GA | |
| Dec 12, 7:15 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Gray, 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 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
917 WUUS1 KATL 122339 RRA SVRATL GAC169-130015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 636 PM EST THU DEC 12 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...JONES COUNTY AT 635 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN FAR WESTERN JONES COUNTY OVER THE JARRELL PLANTATION. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 3:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 64 min |
| Dec 12, 3:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson | 52 min |
| Dec 12, 5:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 34 min |
| Dec 12, 5:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris | 29 min |
| Dec 12, 5:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Monroe, Upson | 41 min |
| Dec 12, 5:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 42 min |
| Dec 12, 6:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Pike, Upson | 60 min |
| Dec 12, 6:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Monroe | 60 min |
| Dec 12, 6:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb | 49 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.