Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 1997, 8:09 PM EDT for Columbia County, Georgia. It was in force for 66 min. 3 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
- Apr 22, 1997, 8:09 PM EDT (00:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 1997, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Columbia County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 8:10 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Harlem, GA | |
| Apr 22, 8:12 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Grovetown, GA | |
| Apr 22, 9:10 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Evans, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 6:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1269 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCAE 230007 RRA SVRCAE GAC073-230115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 809 PM EDT TUE APR 22 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN GEORGIA ...COLUMBIA COUNTY AT 805 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF COLUMBIA COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE MARTINEZ AREA IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THESE WINDS BLOW DOWN TREES...POWER LINES...AND SEVERELY DAMAGE MOBILE HOMES. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. AMATEUR RADIO AND OTHER SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THIS STORM AND RELAY REPORTS PROMPTLY TO THE NEAREST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. JL/SN
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.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 22, 5:17 PM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
517 PM EDT TUE APR 22 1997
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
510 PM WINNSBORO SC .75 INCH HAIL
04/22/97 FAIRFIELD SPOTTER #266 TONY HILL
510 PM WINNSBORO SC 1.50 INCH HAIL
04/22/97 FAIRFIELD 911 OPERATOR
515 PM WINNSBFORO SC 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/22/97 FAIRFIELD POST OFFICE
HGLocal storm report, Apr 22, 5:48 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
548 PM EDT TUE APR 22 1997
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
547 PM HEATH SPRINGS AND KERSHAW SC .75 INCH HAIL
04/22/97 LANCASTER POLICE DEPT REPORT - ALSO
HOUSE ON FIRE DUE TO
LIGHTNING
TTHLocal storm report, Apr 22, 7:19 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
719 PM EDT TUE APR 22 1997
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
703 PM SW LINCOLN COUNTY GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/22/97 LINCOLN COOP OBSERVER REPORT
TTHLocal storm report, Apr 22, 7:37 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
737 PM EDT TUE APR 22 1997
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
725 PM PLUM BRANCH SC 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/22/97 MCCORMICK COUNTY SHERRIF REPORT
TTHLocal storm report, Apr 22, 7:51 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
751 PM EDT TUE APR 22 1997
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
740 PM 10 SW EDGEFIELD SC 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/22/97 EDGEFIELD HAM OPERATOR REPORT
TTHLocal storm report, Apr 22, 7:55 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
755 PM EDT TUE APR 22 1997
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
751 PM 2 WEST THOMSON GA .75 INCH HAIL
04/22/97 MCDUFFIE PUBLIC REPORT
TTHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Richmond | 35 min |
| Apr 23, 12:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Burke | 26 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997
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.