Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 1996, 12:54 AM EST for Barrow County, Jackson County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report 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 19, 1996, 12:54 AM EST (05:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 1996, 1:30 AM EST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Barrow County, GA, Jackson County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:53 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 19, 1:00 AM EST | Hail 1.75 | Braselton, 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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 190553 RRA SVRATL GAC013-157-190630- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1254 AM EST TUE MAR 19 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...BARROW COUNTY...JACKSON COUNTY AT 1250 AM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS JUST WEST OF WINDER MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. 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.
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
Local storm report, Mar 18, 9:31 PM EST, 3 hours 23 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, 3 hours 12 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.Local storm report, Mar 18, 10:18 PM EST, 2 hours 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1018 PM EST MON MAR 18 1996
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1013 PM CARROLLTON GA 1.75 INCH HAIL.
3/18/96 CARROLL OCCURING AT 911 CENTER.
IN CARROLLTON.Local storm report, Mar 18, 10:20 PM EST, 2 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1018 PM EST MON MAR 18 1996
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1013 PM CARROLLTON GA 1.75 INCH HAIL.
3/18/96 CARROLL OCCURING AT 911 CENTER.
IN CARROLLTON.Local storm report, Mar 19, 12:12 AM EST, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1215 AM EST TUE MAR 19 1996
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1135 PM NW OF NEWNAN GA .75 INCH HAIL.
3/18/96 COWETA OFF DUTY NWS PERSONELL
REPORTS HAIL.
1147 PM GLENN GA .75 IN. HAIL.
3/18/96 HEARD REPORTED BY 911.
1105 PM TROUP CO GA .75 IN. HAIL.
3/18/96 SPOTTER REPROTED IN SOUTH
PART OF COUNTY.
1130 PM DOUGLASVILLE GA .75 IN. HAIL.
3/18/96 DOUGLAS DEEPUTY REPORTS HAIL DOWNTOWN.Local storm report, Mar 19, 12:15 AM EST, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1215 AM EST TUE MAR 19 1996
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1135 PM NW OF NEWNAN GA .75 INCH HAIL.
3/18/96 COWETA OFF DUTY NWS PERSONELL
REPORTS HAIL.
1147 PM GLENN GA .75 IN. HAIL.
3/18/96 HEARD REPORTED BY 911.
1105 PM TROUP CO GA .75 IN. HAIL.
3/18/96 SPOTTER REPROTED IN SOUTH
PART OF COUNTY.
1130 PM DOUGLASVILLE GA .75 IN. HAIL.
3/18/96 DOUGLAS DEEPUTY REPORTS HAIL DOWNTOWN.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, 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, 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.