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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 7, 1996Heard County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Nov 7, 1996, 9:14 PM EST for Heard County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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
Nov 7, 1996, 9:14 PM EST (02:14 UTC)
Expired
Nov 7, 1996, 9:45 PM EST
In force
31 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 02:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 2.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 1996-11-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 700 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 1996-11-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -244 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
700 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
636 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-244 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.8
Supercell composite
-3.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 080215
TORATL
GAC149-080245-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
914 PM EST THU NOV 7 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...HEARD COUNTY
 
WEATHER RADAR HAS INDICATED A TORNADO ON THE ALABAMA GEORGIA BORDER WEST
OF FRANKLIN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
 
 
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 INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOW>S...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
BDL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 7, 7:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd39 min
Nov 7, 9:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson26 min
Nov 7, 9:31 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCHaralson19 min
Nov 7, 9:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPaulding33 min
Nov 7, 11:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Forsyth36 min
Nov 7, 11:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLumpkin, White25 min
Nov 8, 1:48 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCUpson27 min
Nov 8, 4:48 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly, Houston27 min
Nov 8, 6:00 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens30 min
Nov 8, 6:22 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCLaurens38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.