Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Mar 6, 1996, 8:06 AM EST for Marion 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
- Mar 6, 1996, 8:06 AM EST (13:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 1996, 8:45 AM EST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marion County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:08 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 6, 8:06 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakland, 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
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 243 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 503 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 307 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 061306 TORATL GAC197-061345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 806 AM EST WED MAR 6 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...NORTHERN MARION COUNTY AT 805 AM EST WEATHER RADARS INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES NORTH OF BUENA VISTA MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. 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...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 6, 3:53 AM EST, 4 hours 13 minutes before
GAZ042-060955- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 353 AM EST WED MAR 6 1996 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO GEORGIA... AT 350 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO CARROLL COUNTY GEORGIA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 3:54 AM EST, 4 hours 12 minutes before
GAZ042-060955- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 353 AM EST WED MAR 6 1996 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO GEORGIA... AT 350 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO CARROLL COUNTY GEORGIA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 6:30 AM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes before
GAZ005>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-061630- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 630 AM EST WED MAR 6 1996 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WAS APPROACHING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY EARLY THIS MORNING. AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...WARM MOIST AIR HAD BECOME THE RULE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S.. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED IN THE MOIST WARM AIR AND MOVED ACROSS ALABAMA INTO GEORGIA DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS. SOME OF THE STORMS PRODUCED SEVERE WEATHER OVER PORTIONS OF ALABAMA DURING THE NIGHT. AS THE COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE EASTWARD TODAY...THUNDERSTORMS COULD ONCE AGAIN INTENSIFY AND MOVE INTO PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION LATER TODAY.
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 6:31 AM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
GAZ005>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-061630- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 630 AM EST WED MAR 6 1996 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WAS APPROACHING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY EARLY THIS MORNING. AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...WARM MOIST AIR HAD BECOME THE RULE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S.. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED IN THE MOIST WARM AIR AND MOVED ACROSS ALABAMA INTO GEORGIA DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS. SOME OF THE STORMS PRODUCED SEVERE WEATHER OVER PORTIONS OF ALABAMA DURING THE NIGHT. AS THE COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE EASTWARD TODAY...THUNDERSTORMS COULD ONCE AGAIN INTENSIFY AND MOVE INTO PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION LATER TODAY.
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 6:57 AM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
GAZ031-032-033-061400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 657 AM EST WED MAR 6 1996 AT 655 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN PAULDING...COBB AND NORTHERN FULTON COUNTIES. THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 6:58 AM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
GAZ031-032-033-061400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 657 AM EST WED MAR 6 1996 AT 655 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN PAULDING...COBB AND NORTHERN FULTON COUNTIES. THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 7:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris | 30 min |
| Mar 6, 7:56 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Talbot | 34 min |
| Mar 6, 8:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion | 45 min |
| Mar 6, 8:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Schley, Taylor | 45 min |
| Mar 6, 8:26 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Sumter, Webster | 49 min |
| Mar 6, 8:44 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 4 hr |
| Mar 6, 8:44 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 4 hr |
| Mar 6, 8:47 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Peach | 43 min |
| Mar 6, 9:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Houston | 45 min |
| Mar 6, 9:22 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fulton | 53 min |
| Mar 6, 9:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Pulaski, Twiggs | 46 min |
| Mar 6, 10:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 40 min |
| Mar 6, 11:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Houston, Pulaski | 47 min |
| Mar 6, 11:36 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Pulaski | 54 min |
| Mar 6, 11:49 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 26 min |
| Mar 6, 12:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Laurens | 54 min |
| Mar 6, 12:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson, Treutlen | 47 min |
| Mar 6, 12:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Wilcox | 25 min |
| Mar 6, 12:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Wilcox | 30 min |
| Mar 6, 1:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Telfair | 43 min |
| Mar 6, 1:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Talbot, Taylor | 51 min |
| Mar 6, 6:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Forsyth | 45 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.