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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 15, 1996Clarke County, Oconee County, Oglethorpe County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 1996, 3:12 PM EST for Clarke County, Oconee County, Oglethorpe County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 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
Mar 15, 1996, 3:12 PM EST (20:12 UTC)
Expired
Mar 15, 1996, 4:00 PM EST
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clarke County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 15, 3:45 PM ESTHail 1.75Watkinsville, GA
Mar 15, 4:10 PM ESTHail 0.75Lexington, 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 126 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 1996-03-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1996-03-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 153 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
993 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 152012 RRA
SVRATL
GAC059-219-221-152100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
312 PM EST FRI MAR 15 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...CLARKE COUNTY...OCONEE COUNTY...OGLETHORPE COUNTY
 
AT 3:05 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES WEST OF ATHENS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE ATHENS AREA IN THE NEXT 15 MINUTES.
 
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
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 15, 11:34 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Walker41 min
Mar 15, 1:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon40 min
Mar 15, 1:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Gordon33 min
Mar 15, 1:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee47 min
Mar 15, 2:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd52 min
Mar 15, 2:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow43 min
Mar 15, 2:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett48 min
Mar 15, 2:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee60 min
Mar 15, 2:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalker40 min
Mar 15, 2:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Walton40 min
Mar 15, 3:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb36 min
Mar 15, 3:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd43 min
Mar 15, 3:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Gwinnett, Walton57 min
Mar 15, 3:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton48 min
Mar 15, 3:35 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCBartow, Floyd40 min
Mar 15, 3:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkes42 min
Mar 15, 3:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Paulding56 min
Mar 15, 4:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOconee, Oglethorpe44 min
Mar 15, 4:05 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCCobb40 min
Mar 15, 4:18 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton27 min
Mar 15, 4:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton, Rockdale, Walton48 min
Mar 15, 5:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Morgan27 min
Mar 15, 5:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPutnam39 min
Mar 15, 5:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock41 min
Mar 15, 5:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd61 min
Mar 15, 6:21 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCFloyd39 min
Mar 15, 6:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow31 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.