Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Mar 16, 1996, 2:53 PM EST (19:53 UTC)

Expired

Mar 16, 1996, 3:45 PM EST

In force

52 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Whole counties

County Monroe County, GA

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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GAC207-162045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
253 PM EST SAT MAR 16 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...MONROE COUNTY
 
AT 250 PM THE WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5
MILES EAST OF BARNESVILLE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM
WILL ENTER FORSYTH BY 310 PM. RADAR HAS PREVIOUSLY INDICATED A TORNADO
ITH THIS STORM WHICH HAS WEAKENED
 
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.

In the hours before

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
091>098-103>113-170000-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1108 AM EST SAT MAR 16 1996

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR ALL OF NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A WARM FRONT EXTENDED FROM THE CAROLINAS ACROSS TENNESSEE INTO LOW
PRESSURE OVER NORTHEAST ARKANSAS. THIS PUT GEORGIA IN THE WARM MOIST
UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE
ACROSS GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AND THIS WILL AID IN
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.

SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY
FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION.

KM

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
091>098-103>113-170000-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1108 AM EST SAT MAR 16 1996

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR ALL OF NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A WARM FRONT EXTENDED FROM THE CAROLINAS ACROSS TENNESSEE INTO LOW
PRESSURE OVER NORTHEAST ARKANSAS. THIS PUT GEORGIA IN THE WARM MOIST
UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE
ACROSS GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AND THIS WILL AID IN
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.

SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY
FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION.

KM

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

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.