Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 1997, 9:51 PM EDT for Lamar County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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, 9:51 PM EDT (01:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 1997, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lamar County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:55 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 9:55 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Piedmont, 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, 3:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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
Special weather statement, Apr 22, 7:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
GAZ001>005-011>012-019>020-230030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 740 PM EDT TUE APR 22 1997 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR EXTREME NORTHWEST GEORGIA... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER UNDER A TORNADO WATCH... DADE...WALKER...CATOOSA...WHITFIELD...MURRAY...CHATOOGA... GORDON...FLOYD...AND BARTOW. WHILE THE THREAT OF TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS PASSED FOR EXTREME NORTHWEST GEORGIA...ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE REST OF NORTH AND WESTCENTRAL GEORGIA. COUNTIES REMAINING UNDER TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 183 UNTIL 10 PM EDT ARE... ...NORTHWEST ... FANNIN GILMER PICKENS DAWSON CHEROKEE FORSYTH POLK PAULDING COBB FULTON GWINNETT HARALSON CARROLL DOUGLAS DEKALB ROCKDALE HEARD COWETA FAYETTE CLAYTON SPALDING HENRY ...NORTHEAST ... UNION TOWNS RABUN LUMPKIN WHITE HABERSHAM STEPHENS HALL BANKS JACKSON BARROW WALTON NEWTON BUTTS ...WESTCENTRAL ... TROUP MERIWETHER PIKE UPSON LAMAR HARRIS TALBOT TAYLOR MUSCOGEE CHATTAHOOCHEE MARION SCHLEY STEWART WEBSTER ...CENTRAL ... MONROE ...SOUTHWEST ... QUITMAN CLAY RANDOLPH CALHOUN TERRELL EARLY SEMINOLE A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF CENTRAL AND EAST GEORGIA UNTIL 1 AM EDT.
Special weather statement, Apr 22, 7:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
GAZ001>005-011>012-019>020-230030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 740 PM EDT TUE APR 22 1997 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR EXTREME NORTHWEST GEORGIA... THE FOLL
Local storm report, Apr 22, 9:10 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
910 PM EDT TUE APR 22 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
355 PM LEXINGTON GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/22/97 OGLETHORPE
250 PM ACWORTH GA 1.25 INCH HAIL
4/22/97 COBB
325 PM MONROE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/22/97 WALTON
245 PM ALPHARETTA GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
4/22/97 FULTON
335 PM N ATHENS GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/22/97 CLARKE
325 PM E LEXINGTON GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
4/22/97 OGLETHORPE
325 PM KENNESAW/ACWORTH GA 2.75 INCH HAIL
4/22/97 COBB
345 PM W ATHENS GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
4/22/97 JACKSON
222-227 PM ALPHARETTA GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/22/97 FULTON
250 PM ACWORTH GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/22/97 BARTOW
250 PM NEAR ACWORTH GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/22/97 CHEROKEE
230-240PM 10N DALLAS GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/22/97 PAULDING HWY 61 NEAR HICKORY FALLS
300 PM I-85 N GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/22/97 JACKSON
300 PM W WOODSTOCK GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/22/97 CHEROKEE
300 PM ACWORTH GA SOFTBALL SIZED HAIL
4/22/97 COBB NEAR INTERSTATE 75
315 PM LAWRENCEVILLE GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/22/97 GWINNNETT
320 PM BUFORD GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/22/97 GWINNETTLocal storm report, Apr 22, 9:11 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
910 PM EDT TUE APR 22 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
355 PM LEXINGTON GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/22/97 OGLETHORPE
250 PM ACWORTH GA 1.25 INCH HAIL
4/22/97 COBB
325 PM MONROE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/22/97 WALTON
245 PM ALPHARETTA GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
4/22/97 FULTON
335 PM N ATHENS GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/22/97 CLARKE
325 PM E LEXINGTON GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
4/22/97 OGLETHORPE
325 PM KENNESAW/ACWORTH GA 2.75 INCH HAIL
4/22/97 COBB
345 PM W ATHENS GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
4/22/97 JACKSON
222-227 PM ALPHARETTA GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/22/97 FULTON
250 PM ACWORTH GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/22/97 BARTOW
250 PM NEAR ACWORTH GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/22/97 CHEROKEE
230-240PM 10N DALLAS GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/22/97 PAULDING HWY 61 NEAR HICKORY FALLS
300 PM I-85 N GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/22/97 JACKSON
300 PM W WOODSTOCK GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/22/97 CHEROKEE
300 PM ACWORTH GA SOFTBALL SIZED HAIL
4/22/97 COBB NEAR INTERSTATE 75
315 PM LAWRENCEVILLE GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/22/97 GWINNNETT
320 PM BUFORD GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/22/97 GWINNETTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 8:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkinson | 21 min |
| Apr 22, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Warren | 44 min |
| Apr 22, 9:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether | 40 min |
| Apr 22, 9:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pike, Upson | 38 min |
| Apr 22, 10:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Schley | 34 min |
| Apr 22, 10:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon | 31 min |
| Apr 22, 10:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Macon | 27 min |
| Apr 22, 11:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Peach | 30 min |
| Apr 22, 11:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly | 32 min |
| Apr 22, 11:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs | 32 min |
| Apr 22, 11:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pulaski, Wilcox | 27 min |
| Apr 22, 11:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley | 27 min |
| Apr 22, 11:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens | 28 min |
| Apr 22, 11:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair, Wheeler | 44 min |
| Apr 22, 11:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Jefferson, Treutlen | 44 min |
| Apr 23, 12:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs | 33 min |
| Apr 23, 4:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Pulaski | 28 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.