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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 1, 1996Clay County, Early County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 1, 1996, 6:45 AM EST for Clay County, Early County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 min. 2 reports 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
Dec 1, 1996, 6:45 AM EST (11:45 UTC)
Expired
Dec 1, 1996, 7:30 AM EST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clay County, GA, Early County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 1, 6:50 AM ESTThunderstorm WindCountywide, GA
Dec 1, 7:00 AM ESTThunderstorm WindFt Gaines, 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 215 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 1996-12-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 1996-12-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 477 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
665 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
477 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
643 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 1, 6:33 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWalton42 min
Dec 1, 7:02 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Washington43 min
Dec 1, 7:02 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes43 min
Dec 1, 11:32 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDixie, Taylor43 min
Dec 1, 12:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDixie60 min
Dec 1, 6:45 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun, Randolph, Terrell45 min
Dec 1, 6:56 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEMiller, Seminole34 min
Dec 1, 7:10 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Dougherty50 min
Dec 1, 7:10 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELee50 min
Dec 1, 7:55 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAETurner, Worth50 min
Dec 1, 6:09 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGeneva, Houston51 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.