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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 22, 1997Telfair County, Wheeler County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 1997, 11:46 PM EDT for Telfair County, Wheeler County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 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, 11:46 PM EDT (03:46 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 1997, 12:30 AM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Telfair County, GA, Wheeler County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 23, 12:00 AM EDTThunderstorm WindHelena, GA
Apr 23, 12:00 AM EDTThunderstorm WindMt Vernon, 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, 6:45 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Apr 22, 11:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 201 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 1997-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 814 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 1997-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 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
814 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-147 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1303 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 230346 RRA
SVRATL
GAC271-309-107-163-283-230430-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1146 PM EDT TUE APR 22 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...TELFAIR COUNTY...WHEELER COUNTY
 
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...EMANUEL COUNTY...JEFFERSON COUNTY...TREUTLEN COUNTY
 
AT 1145 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM SANDERSVILLE TO DUBLIN TO EASTMAN...MOVING EAST AT 50
MPH. THIS MOTION WILL TAKE THE LINE EAST TO EXTEND FROM LOUISVILLE TO
SOPERTON TO MCRAE BETWEEN 1215 AM AND 1230 AM.
 
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, 9:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Meriwether40 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 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

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.