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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 22, 1997Harris County, Meriwether County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 1997, 9:20 PM EDT for Harris County, Meriwether County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 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
Apr 22, 1997, 9:20 PM EDT (01:20 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 1997, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Harris County, GA, Meriwether County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 22, 9:25 PM EDTHail 0.75Pine Mountain, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 22, 3:45 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 60 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 1997-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1997-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -27 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
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

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The text

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

261 
WUUS1 KATL 230119 RRA
SVRATL
GAC145-199-230200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
920 PM EDT TUE APR 22 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...NORTHERN HARRIS COUNTY...MERIWETHER COUNTY
 
AT 920 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER PINE
MOUNTAIN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THIS STORM WILL REACH GREENVILLE IN
MERIWETHER COUNTY AROUND 945 PM.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT IN OR NEAR 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.
 
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 22, 8:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkinson21 min
Apr 22, 8:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Jefferson, Warren44 min
Apr 22, 9:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPike, Upson38 min
Apr 22, 9:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar39 min
Apr 22, 10:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Schley34 min
Apr 22, 10:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon31 min
Apr 22, 10:48 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCMacon27 min
Apr 22, 11:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston, Peach30 min
Apr 22, 11:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Dooly32 min
Apr 22, 11:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs32 min
Apr 22, 11:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPulaski, Wilcox27 min
Apr 22, 11:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley27 min
Apr 22, 11:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Laurens28 min
Apr 22, 11:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair, Wheeler44 min
Apr 22, 11:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Jefferson, Treutlen44 min
Apr 23, 12:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Toombs33 min
Apr 23, 4:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly, Pulaski28 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.