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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 200, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 2, 1997Dade County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 1997, 9:38 PM EDT for Dade County, Georgia. It was in force for 52 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 2, 1997, 9:38 PM EDT (01:38 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 1997, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Dade County, GA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 2, 4:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1997-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 388 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1997-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 365 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
388 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
655 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
365 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
637 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
4.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 030136 RRA
SVRATL
GAC055-083-295-030230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
938 PM EDT FRI MAY 2 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...CHATTOOGA COUNTY...DADE COUNTY...WALKER COUNTY
 
AT 930 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM FROM BRYANT ALABAMA TO FLAT ROCK ALABAMA TO RAINSVILLE
ALABAMA. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE STORM IS
CURRENTLY IN THE TRENTON AREA AND WILL BE IN THE CHICKAMAUGA AND
LAFAYETTE AREAS BY 945 PM AND SUMMERVILLE BY 1000 PM EDT.
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...LIGHTNING POSES A SERIOUS DANGER.
STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES, UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. IF BOATING OR
SWIMMING...GET TO LAND QUICKLY AND FIND SHELTER. IF IN THE OPEN FIND
A LOW SPOT AWAY FROM TREES, FENCES, AND POLES.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 8:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga37 min
May 2, 8:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMurray34 min
May 2, 8:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer48 min
May 2, 8:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMurray, Whitfield46 min
May 2, 8:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalker46 min
May 2, 8:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGordon34 min
May 2, 9:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb21 min
May 2, 9:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGilmer, Murray25 min
May 2, 9:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Walker52 min
May 2, 10:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Whitfield28 min
May 2, 10:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd32 min
May 2, 10:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Gordon45 min
May 2, 10:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMurray26 min
May 2, 10:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGilmer, Pickens41 min
May 2, 11:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Fannin, Lumpkin37 min
May 2, 11:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCUnion41 min
May 2, 11:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTowns, White30 min
May 3, 1:10 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCGordon, Murray, Walker, Whitfield3 hr
May 3, 1:10 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd3 hr
May 3, 1:10 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCGilmer, Pickens3 hr
May 3, 1:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga45 min
May 3, 1:51 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd39 min
May 3, 2:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Gordon39 min
May 3, 2:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPolk32 min
May 3, 2:33 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCPolk42 min
May 3, 2:42 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCBartow, Floyd33 min
May 3, 3:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee30 min
May 3, 3:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Forsyth31 min
May 3, 5:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson, Polk40 min
May 3, 6:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Paulding37 min
May 3, 6:32 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton28 min
May 3, 6:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett35 min
May 3, 7:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Henry33 min
May 3, 7:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCRockdale33 min
May 3, 7:18 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton, Walton42 min
May 3, 7:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry, Newton, Rockdale44 min
May 3, 8:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan, Oconee51 min
May 3, 8:17 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Pike, Spalding43 min
May 3, 8:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Troup51 min
May 3, 8:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFayette54 min
May 3, 8:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether54 min
May 3, 8:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton53 min
May 3, 9:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Henry, Newton47 min
May 3, 9:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Talbot32 min
May 3, 10:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Jones, Monroe36 min
May 3, 10:32 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Peach38 min
May 3, 10:38 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Schley, Taylor37 min
May 3, 10:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Houston, Twiggs53 min
May 3, 11:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston33 min
May 3, 11:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson, Washington39 min
May 3, 12:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly29 min
May 3, 2:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCToombs37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.