Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 190, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 1997, 7:51 PM EDT for Catoosa County, Whitfield County, Georgia. It was in force for 54 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
- May 2, 1997, 7:51 PM EDT (23:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 1997, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Catoosa County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 8:10 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Ft Oglethorpe, GA | |
| May 2, 8:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Dalton, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 4:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 2081 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 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 022350 RRA SVRATL GAC047-313-030045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 751 PM EDT FRI MAY 2 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...CATOOSA COUNTY...WHITFIELD COUNTY AT 745 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR TRENTON AND CLOUDLAND CANYON STATE PARK. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. THE STORM WILL BE NEAR RINGGOLD AT 800 PM AND TO DALTON BY 815 PM EDT. 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.
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, May 2, 2:41 PM EDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>073-078>082-091- 030400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 156 PM EDT FRI MAY 2 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO THREATEN NORTHWEST GEORGIA THIS EVENING AND THE REMAINDER OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA LATER TONIGHT... A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE MIDWEST WILL MOVE INTO THE OHIO AREA OVERNIGHT. INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THIS STORM CENTER WILL SPREAD WARM...MOIST..AND UNSTABLE AIR ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT AS IT GATHERS MOMENTUM. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE WARMER AND MORE UNSTABLE AIRMASS WAS ALREADY TRIGGERING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN ARKANSAS...WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA IN THE ROME TO CHATSWORTH MAY EXPECT STORMS TO MOVE AND DEVELOP INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE SPREADING OVER NORTH AND WEST GEORGIA TONIGHT AND BY SATURDAY MORNING THEY COULD BE AS FAR SOUTH A LINE EXTENDING FROM AUGUSTA TO ALBANY. ALTHOUGH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING MAY WEAKEN THE STORMS SOME AFTER MIDNIGHT...THIS VOLATILE SYSTEM WILL POSE A THREAT OF DAMAGE OVER THE AREA. PERSONS IN NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA NEED TO STAY ABREAST OF THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION TONIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING. STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NECESSARY. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFxICIALS SHOULD REMAIN IN AN ALERT POSTURE. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER INFORMATRION SOURCES SUCH AS COMMERCIAL TELEVISION AND RADIO AND CABLE TV.
Special weather statement, May 2, 5:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-031200- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 515 PM EDT FRI MAY 2 1997 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL U.S. IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST...PULLING A COLD FRONT ACROSS GEORGIA LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL MOVE EAST...AFFECTING EXTREME NORTHWEST GEORGIA EARLY THIS EVENING THEN SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF NORTH AND AND CENTRAL GEORGIA LATER TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. ISLOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. SPOTTERS GROUPS IN NORTH GEORGIA SHOULD ACTIVATE THEIR NETWORK AROUND 8 PM THIS EVENING. SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER DEVELOPEMENTS AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION AFTER MIDNIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 7:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 46 min |
| May 2, 7:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 43 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.