Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 18, 1996, 9:51 PM EST for Heard County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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 18, 1996, 9:51 PM EST (02:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 1996, 10:15 PM EST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Heard County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:52 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 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 59 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 190250 RRA SVRATL GAC149-190315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 951 PM EST MON MAR 18 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...NORTHERN HEARD COUNTY AT 945 PM EST GOLF BALL HAIL WAS REPORTED AT CENTRALHATCHEE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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 TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG JBUILDING 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 46 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 44 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, 20 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.Local storm report, Mar 18, 9:42 PM EST, 9 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 SPRING4S 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, 9:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 29 min |
| Mar 18, 9:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 35 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
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1996Every 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.