Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 18, 1996, 9:31 PM EST for Meriwether County, Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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 18, 1996, 9:31 PM EST (02:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 1996, 10:00 PM EST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Meriwether County, GA, Troup County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:34 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 18, 9:35 PM EST | Hail 1.75 | Big Springs, GA | |
| Mar 18, 9:35 PM EST | Hail 1.75 | Stovall, 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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 709 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 190230 RRA SVRATL GAC199-285-190300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 931 PM EST MON MAR 18 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...WESTERN MERIWETHER COUNTY...TROUP COUNTY AT 925 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ON INTERSTATE 185 WEST OF PINE MOUNTAIN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. 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 T O 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 18, 8:05 PM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 805 PM EST MON MAR 18 1996 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-091> 098-103>113-190230- THE CITIES OF AMERICUS-ATHENS-ATLANTA-CALHOUN-CARROLLTON-CARTERSVILLE- CORDELE-COVINGTON-DAHLONEGA-DALTON-DOUGLASVILLE-DUBLIN-GAINESVILLE- GRIFFIN-LA GRANGE-LAWRENCEVILLE-MACON-MARIETTA-MILLEDGEVILLE-NEWNAN- PEACHTREE CITY-ROME-SWAINSBORO-THOMASTON-WARNER ROBINS ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EST FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND WEST GEORGIA... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES OVER EASTERN ALABAMA WILL MOVE TO THE GEORGIA BORDER BETWEEN 830 PM AND 9 PM. THIS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH A GOOD PORTION OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA BEFORE MIDNIGHT. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND A FEW TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED OVER ALABAMA EARLIER THIS EVENING WITH THIS WEATHER SYSTEM. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 18, 8:07 PM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 805 PM EST MON MAR 18 1996 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-091> 098-103>113-190230- THE CITIES OF AMERICUS-ATHENS-ATLANTA-CALHOUN-CARROLLTON-CARTERSVILLE- CORDELE-COVINGTON-DAHLONEGA-DALTON-DOUGLASVILLE-DUBLIN-GAINESVILLE- GRIFFIN-LA GRANGE-LAWRENCEVILLE-MACON-MARIETTA-MILLEDGEVILLE-NEWNAN- PEACHTREE CITY-ROME-SWAINSBORO-THOMASTON-WARNER ROBINS ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EST FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND WEST GEORGIA... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES OVER EASTERN ALABAMA WILL MOVE TO THE GEORGIA BORDER BETWEEN 830 PM AND 9 PM. THIS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH A GOOD PORTION OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA BEFORE MIDNIGHT. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND A FEW TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED OVER ALABAMA EARLIER THIS EVENING WITH THIS WEATHER SYSTEM. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONr FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Mar 18, 9:31 PM EST, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
931 PM EST MON MAR 18 1996
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
927 PM WARESVILLE GA 1.75 INCH HAIL.
3/18/96 HEARD DEPUTY REPORTS GOLFBALL SIZE
HAIL 5-10 MILES FROM GA/AL
BORDER.
935 PM 5W STOVAL GA 1.75 IN. HAIL
3/18/96 TROUP ABULANCE DRIVER REPORTS GOLF-
SIZE HAIL AT 27S AND LOWER
BIG SPRINGS RD.The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 8:58 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Heard | 47 min |
| Mar 18, 9:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 35 min |
| Mar 18, 9:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard | 24 min |
| Mar 18, 10:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas | 43 min |
| Mar 18, 10:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 19 min |
| Mar 18, 10:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 46 min |
| Mar 18, 10:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Paulding | 27 min |
| Mar 18, 10:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas | 37 min |
| Mar 18, 11:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 27 min |
| Mar 18, 11:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 28 min |
| Mar 18, 11:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 28 min |
| Mar 18, 11:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fayette, Fulton | 28 min |
| Mar 18, 11:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Henry | 53 min |
| Mar 18, 11:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Spalding | 53 min |
| Mar 19, 12:03 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Talbot | 27 min |
| Mar 19, 12:19 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Rockdale | 41 min |
| Mar 19, 12:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 36 min |
| Mar 19, 1:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan, Putnam | 54 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.