Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 156, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 1997, 11:13 PM EDT for Crisp County, Dooly County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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, 11:13 PM EDT (03:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 1997, 11:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Crisp County, GA, Dooly County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 11:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Vienna, GA | |
| Apr 22, 11:17 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Cordele, 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 |
| Apr 22, 11:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 KATL 230313 RRA SVRATL GAC081-093-289-230345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1113 PM EDT TUE APR 22 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...CRISP COUNTY...DOOLY COUNTY...TWIGGS COUNTY AT 1108 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR WARNER ROBBINS THROUGH PERRY TO 10 MILES WEST OF CORDELE. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. 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.
| 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, 9:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar | 39 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 | 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
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.