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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 22, 1997Oglethorpe County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 1997, 2:49 PM EDT for Oglethorpe County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 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 22, 1997, 2:49 PM EDT (18:49 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 1997, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Oglethorpe County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 22, 2:51 PM EDTHail 0.75Lexington, GA
Apr 22, 3:25 PM EDTHail 1.75Lexington, 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 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 12:00Z on 1997-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 232 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1997-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 154 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
232 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-122 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
649 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

807 
WUUS1 KATL 221850
SVRATL
GAC221-221930-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
249 PM EDT TUE APR 22 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...OGLETHORPE COUNTY
 
AT 245 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
NEAR WINTERVILLE IN WEST OGLETHORPE COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH WHICH WILL TAKE IT ACROSS THE NORTH PART OF THE
COUNTY BETWEEN 255 AND 330 PM. THE STORM LIKELY CONTAINS QUARTER SIZE
HAIL.
 
 
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 OR LARGER...PLEASE REPORT IT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING 770-486-8535.

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, 10:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb34 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, 2:51 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

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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.