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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 26, 1996Jefferson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 1996, 7:21 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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: Apr 26, 1996, 7:21 PM EDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 1996, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

County Jefferson County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 26, 7:25 PM EDT	Hail 1.75	Louisville, 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 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 197 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: 52 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 650 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 263 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 222 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 
TTAA00 KATL 262322
TORATL
GAC163-270000-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
721 PM EDT FRI APR 26 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...JEFFERSON COUNTY
 
AT 720 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5
MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE. THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH
AND WILL ENTER LOUISVILLE BY 730 PM.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN IN`TERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 26, 1:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Houston, Twiggs	42 min
Apr 26, 1:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Laurens, Wilkinson	54 min
Apr 26, 1:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Johnson, Washington	50 min
Apr 26, 2:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Treutlen	44 min
Apr 26, 5:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Glascock, Jefferson, Washington	48 min
Apr 26, 6:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jefferson	30 min
Apr 26, 7:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jefferson	32 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.