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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 17, 1996Sumter County, Webster County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 17, 1996, 8:40 AM EST for Sumter County, Webster County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 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: Mar 17, 1996, 8:40 AM EST (13:40 UTC)
Expired: Mar 17, 1996, 9:30 AM EST
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Sumter County, GA, Webster County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:44 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 148 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1291 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KATL 171341 RRA
SVRATL
GAC261-307-171430-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
840 AM EST SUN MAR 17 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...SUMTER COUNTY...WEBSTER COUNTY
 
AT 838 AM EST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR
THE STEWART-WEBSTER COUNTY LINE MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
THE STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTON DURING THE NEXT FIFTEEN MINUTES.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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, 2 hours 59 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, 2 hours 55 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

Local storm report, Mar 17, 8:15 AM EST, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
815 AM EST SUN MAR 17 1996

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

610 AM     SPARTA                    GA   .75 INCH HAIL
3/17/96    HANCOCK                        MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT 600 AM.

630 AM     GIBSON                    GA   .75 INCH HAIL.
3/17/96    GLASCOCK                       PUBLIC REPORTED HAIL LOOKS
                                          LIKE SNOW.

630 AM     WARREN CTY                GA   .75 INCH HAIL.
3/17/96                                   NURSE LIVES IN WARREN CTY AND
                                          WORKS IN GLASCOCK...REPORTED
                                          HAIL ON BOTH SIDES OF COUNTY
                                          LINE.

Local storm report, Mar 17, 8:16 AM EST, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
815 AM EST SUN MAR 17 1996

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

610 AM     SPARTA                    GA   .75 INCH HAIL
3/17/96    HANCOCK                        MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT 600 AM.

630 AM     GIBSON                    GA   .75 INCH HAIL.
3/17/96    GLASCOCK                       PUBLIC REPORTED HAIL LOOKS
                                          LIKE SNOW.

630 AM     WARREN CTY                GA   .75 INCH HAIL.
3/17/96                                   NURSE LIVES IN WARREN CTY AND
                                          WORKS IN GLASCOCK.. .REPORTED
                                          HAIL ON BOTH SIDES OF COUNTY
                                          LINE.

Local storm report, Mar 17, 8:18 AM EST, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
820 AM EST SUN MAR 17 1996

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

72&9 AM     MILLEDGEVILLE             GA   .75 INCH HAIL
3/17/96    BALWIN                         DIME SIZE HAIL AND LARGER.

Local storm report, Mar 17, 8:20 AM EST, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
820 AM EST SUN MAR 17 1996

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

729 AM     MILLEDGEVILLE             GA   .75 INCH HAIL
3/17/96    BALWIN                         DIME SIZE HAIL AND LARGER.

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, 5:49 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Hancock, Warren	41 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, 8:48 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel	42 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1996 Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.