Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 6, 1996, 2:24 PM EST for Appling 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 6, 1996, 2:24 PM EST (19:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 1996, 3:00 PM EST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Appling County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2:40 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Baxley, 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
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -306 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 596 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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.
NWS Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 6, 2:15 PM EST, 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 6, 2:15 PM EST, 9 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 6, 10:45 AM EST, 3 hours 39 minutes before
FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-501- GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-501-062100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTH GEORGIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1045 AM EST WED MAR 6 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS THROUGH 4 PM... CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON FOR STRONG TO POSSIBLE SEVERE THUDERSTORMS IN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. WHILE THUNDERSTORMS CAN OCCUR ANYWHERE WITHIN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...THE GREATEST THREAT OF THE SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS TO BE NORTH OF ROUTE-32 (OR NORTH OF A LINE FROM BRUNSWICK TO ALMA TO DOUGLAS). THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS HOWEVER WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS PAST 55 MPH AND POSSIBLE HAIL. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTER PERSONNEL IN GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER.
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 10:45 AM EST, 3 hours 39 minutes before
FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-501- GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-501-062100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL...CORRECTED 1045 AM EST WED MAR 6 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS THROUGH 4 PM... CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON FOR STRONG TO POSSIBLE SEVERE THUDERSTORMS IN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. WHILE THUNDERSTORMS CAN OCCUR ANYWHERE WITHIN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...THE GREATEST THREAT OF THE SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS TO BE NORTH OF ROUTE-32 (OR NORTH OF A LINE FROM BRUNSWICK TO ALMA TO DOUGLAS). THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS HOWEVER WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS PAST 55 MPH AND POSSIBLE HAIL. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTER PERSONNEL IN GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER.
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 10:46 AM EST, 3 hours 38 minutes before
FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-501- GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-501-062100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL...CORRECTED 1045 AM EST WED MAR 6 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS THROUGH 4 PM... CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON FOR STRONG TO POSSIBLE SEVERE THUDERSTORMS IN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. WHILE THUNDERSTORMS CAN OCCUR ANYWHERE WITHIN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...THE GREATEST THREAT OF THE SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS TO BE NORTH OF ROUTE-32 (OR NORTH OF A LINE FROM BRUNSWICK TO ALMA TO DOUGLAS). THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS HOWEVER WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS PAST 55 MPH AND POSSIBLE HAIL. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTER PERSONNEL IN GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER.
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 12:29 PM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-501-501-070130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1229 PM EST WED MAR 6 1996 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS THROUGH 7 PM... CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON FOR TORNADO PRODUCING SEVERE THUDERSTORMS IN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. WHILE THUNDERSTORMS CAN OCCUR ANYWHERE WITHIN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...THE INITIAL THREAT IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM BRUNSWICK TO VALDOSTA BUT WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD WITH TIME. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS HOWEVER MAY ALSO GENERATE TORNADOS. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTER PERSONNEL IN GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER. WELSH
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 12:31 PM EST, 1 hour 53 minutes before
GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-501-501-070130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1229 PM EST WED MAR 6 1996 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS THROUGH 7 PM... CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON FOR TORNADO PRODUCING SEVERE THUDERSTORMS IN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. WHILE THUNDERSTORMS CAN OCCUR ANYWHERE WITHIN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...THE INITIAL THREAT IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM BRUNSWICK TO VALDOSTA BUT WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD WITH TIME. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS HOWEVER MAY ALSO GENERATE TORNADOS. EMERGENCY MANAGPERS AND SPOTTER PERSONNEL IN GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER. WELSH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Coffee | 57 min |
| Mar 6, 3:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Coffee | 31 min |
| Mar 6, 3:33 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Bacon | 42 min |
| Mar 6, 3:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Coffee | 66 min |
| Mar 6, 3:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling | 63 min |
| Mar 6, 4:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Pierce | 58 min |
| Mar 6, 4:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Ware | 46 min |
| Mar 6, 4:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Wayne | 57 min |
| Mar 6, 4:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Wayne | 61 min |
| Mar 6, 4:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Brantley | 66 min |
| Mar 6, 5:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson | 58 min |
| Mar 6, 5:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Glynn | 62 min |
| Mar 6, 5:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Ware | 68 min |
| Mar 6, 6:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Brantley | 68 min |
| Mar 6, 6:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Glynn | 69 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.