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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 211, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 3, 1997Bartow County, Gordon County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 1997, 2:21 AM EDT for Bartow County, Gordon County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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 3, 1997, 2:21 AM EDT (06:21 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 1997, 3:00 AM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bartow County, GA, Gordon County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 3, 2:30 AM EDTHail 0.75Calhoun, GA
May 3, 2:55 AM EDTHail 1Cartersville, GADime to quarter size hail was reported in the area.

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
May 2, 9:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 00:00Z on 1997-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 888 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1997-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 120 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
888 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1099 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
242 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

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

818 
WUUS1 KATL 030622 RRA
SVRATL
GAC015-129-030700-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
221 AM EDT SAT MAY 3 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...BARTOW COUNTY...GORDON COUNTY
 
AT 215 AM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF
ADAIRSVILLE 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.
 
BDL

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, 9:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade52 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, 2:28 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

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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.