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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 8, 1997Sumter County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 8, 1997, 12:40 PM EST for Sumter County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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
Jan 8, 1997, 12:40 PM EST (17:40 UTC)
Expired
Jan 8, 1997, 1:10 PM EST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Sumter County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 8, 12:45 PM ESTHail 0.75Americus, 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, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 1997-01-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1997-01-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1880 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
228 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.

000 
TTAA00 KATL 081745 RRA
SVRATL
GAC261-081810-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1240 PM EST WED JAN 8 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  110 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...SUMTER COUNTY
 
AT 1240 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CONTINUING IN SUMTER COUNTY BETWEEN PLAINS AND AMERICUS. THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THIS WILL TAKE
THE STORM ACROSS AMERICUS BETWEEN 1240 AND 100 PM AND THEN TO
ANDERSONVILLE BY 110 PM.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK2 SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 8, 11:42 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup38 min
Jan 8, 12:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter, Webster35 min
Jan 8, 12:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether31 min
Jan 8, 1:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly, Pulaski36 min
Jan 8, 2:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley30 min
Jan 8, 5:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter48 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.