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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 21, 1997Bibb County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 21, 1997, 10:11 PM EDT for Bibb County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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
Apr 21, 1997, 10:11 PM EDT (02:11 UTC)
Expired
Apr 21, 1997, 10:45 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Bibb County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 21, 10:25 PM EDTHail 1Macon, GA
Apr 21, 10:35 PM EDTHail 0.75Macon, 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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 1997-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1121 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1997-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1121 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1297 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 220213 RRA
SVRATL
GAC021-220245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1011 PM EDT MON APR 21 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...BIBB COUNTY
 
AT 1009 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS FROM RUSSELVILLE IN SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY
TO KNOXVILLE IN CRAWFORD COUNTY. THE SEVERE STORMS WERE
LIKELY PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
 
 
DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING
ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM
WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. BOATERS, GOLFERS, AND OTHERS
INVOLVED IN OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
 
IF YOU EXPERIENCE STORM DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES OR TREES...OR HAIL THE
SIZE OF DIMES O*R LARGER...PLEASE REPORT IT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING 770-486-8535.

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 21, 6:17 PM EDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
617 PM EDT MON APR 21 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

545 PM     12S THOMASTON             GA   1.75 inch hail
4/21/97    UPSON                          GEORGIA STATE PATROL REPORTED
                                          GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL ALONG
                                          STATE ROAD 19.

605 PM     ARABIA                    GA   1.75 inch hail
4/21/97    CRISP                          GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED
                                          ALONG INTERSTATE 75 IN ARABIA

710 PM     HILLSBORO                 GA   0.75 inch hail
4/21/97    JASPER                         DIME SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED BY HAM
                                          OPERATOR
Local storm report, Apr 21, 6:20 PM EDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
617 PM EDT MON APR 21 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

545 PM     12S THOMASTON             GA   1.75 inch hail
4/21/97    UPSON                          GEORGIA STATE PATROL REPORTED
                                          GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL ALONG
                                          STATE ROAD 19.

605 PM     ARABIA                    GA   1.75 inch hail
4/21/97    CRISP                          GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED
                                          ALONG INTERSTATE 75 IN ARABIA
Special weather statement, Apr 21, 6:46 PM EDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
091>098-103>113-230400-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
646 PM EDT MON APR 21 1997

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORM FORMATION IS POSSIBLE OVER TE CENTRAL
PORTION OF THE STATE DUE TO AN UPPER LEVL DISUTRBANCE PASSING OVER THE AREA.
THUNDERSTORM FORMATION IS POSSIBLE IN THE NORTH DUE TO AN APPROACHING FRONT.
SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE.

SPOTTERS GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN NORTH GEORGIA
SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL WEATHER CONDTIONS AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE
ACTIVATION.
Local storm report, Apr 21, 7:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
617 PM EDT MON APR 21 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

545 PM     12S THOMASTON             GA   1.75 inch hail
4/21/97    UPSON                          GEORGIA STATE PATROL REPORTED
                                          GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL ALONG
                                          STATE ROAD 19.

605 PM     ARABIA                    GA   1.75 inch hail
4/21/97    CRISP                          GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED
                                          ALONG INTERSTATE 75 IN ARABIA

710 PM     HILLSBORO                 GA   0.75 inch hail
4/21/97    JASPER                         DIME SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED BY HAM
                                          OPERATOR
Local storm report, Apr 21, 8:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
617 PM EDT MON APR 21 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

545 PM     12S THOMASTON             GA   1.75 inch hail
4/21/97    UPSON                          GEORGIA STATE PATROL REPORTED
                                          GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL ALONG
                                          STATE ROAD 19.

605 PM     ARABIA                    GA   1.75 inch hail
4/21/97    CRISP                          GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED
                                          ALONG INTERSTATE 75 IN ARABIA

710 PM     HILLSBORO                 GA   0.75 inch hail
4/21/97    JASPER                         DIME SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED BY HAM
                                          OPERATOR

755 PM     TRENTON                   GA   0.75 inch *hail
4/21/97    DADE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 21, 8:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Walker27 min
Apr 21, 9:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMurray, Whitfield29 min
Apr 21, 9:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Monroe, Upson38 min
Apr 21, 10:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones25 min
Apr 21, 10:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs, Wilkinson51 min
Apr 21, 10:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin51 min
Apr 22, 12:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin26 min
Apr 22, 2:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene35 min
Apr 22, 1:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Paulding51 min
Apr 22, 1:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton40 min
Apr 22, 2:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPaulding, Polk50 min
Apr 22, 2:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett32 min
Apr 22, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Cobb48 min
Apr 22, 2:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOglethorpe41 min
Apr 22, 2:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke39 min
Apr 22, 3:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Jackson44 min
Apr 22, 3:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett44 min
Apr 22, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton30 min
Apr 22, 3:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalton28 min
Apr 22, 3:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOconee41 min
Apr 22, 3:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOglethorpe, Wilkes50 min
Apr 22, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup41 min
Apr 22, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer32 min
Apr 22, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Coweta, Heard40 min
Apr 22, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether46 min
Apr 22, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas, Fayette, Fulton46 min
Apr 22, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris52 min
Apr 22, 6:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Henry, Pike, Spalding43 min
Apr 22, 6:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTalbot, Upson43 min
Apr 22, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJackson39 min
Apr 22, 6:33 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCJackson, Madison27 min
Apr 22, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar28 min
Apr 22, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Monroe, Newton49 min
Apr 22, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Taylor49 min
Apr 22, 7:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Jones27 min
Apr 22, 7:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Putnam32 min
Apr 22, 7:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe32 min
Apr 22, 7:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Twiggs, Wilkinson26 min
Apr 22, 7:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock, Washington37 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.