Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 17, 1996, 5:49 AM EST for Hancock County, Warren County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 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 17, 1996, 5:49 AM EST (10:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 17, 1996, 6:30 AM EST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hancock County, GA, Warren County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:48 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 6:10 AM EST | Hail 0.75 | Sparta, GA | |
| Mar 17, 6:30 AM EST | Hail 0.75 | Warrenton, 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 477 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 888 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 293 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 171050 RRA SVRATL GAC141-301-171130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 549 AM EST SUN MAR 17 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...HANCOCK COUNTY...WARREN COUNTY AT 547 AM EST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF SPARTA IN HANCOCK COUNTY MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING ACROSS SPARTA AND WARRENTON DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTXIVE 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 17, 5:41 AM EST, 8 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-161700- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 545 AM EST SUN MAR 17 1996 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY AND TONIGHT FROM THE ATHENS AREA AND SOUTH. A COLD FRONT WILL BECOME STATIONARY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY. THIS COMBINED WITH A MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND STRONG JETSTREAM WINDS WILL GIVE THE POSSIBILITY FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS NAND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. BDL
Special weather statement, Mar 17, 5:45 AM EST, 4 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-161700- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 545 AM EST SUN MAR 17 1996 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY AND TONIGHT FROM THE ATHENS AREA AND SOUTH. A COLD FRONT WILL BECOME STATIONARY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY. THIS COMBINED WITH A MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND STRONG JETSTREAM WINDS WILL GIVE THE POSSIBILITY FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. BDL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 5:11 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pike | 49 min |
| Mar 17, 5:23 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 37 min |
| Mar 17, 6:24 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock | 36 min |
| Mar 17, 6:58 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris | 32 min |
| Mar 17, 7:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jones | 31 min |
| Mar 17, 8:40 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Sumter, Webster | 50 min |
| Mar 17, 8:48 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 42 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.