Severe Thunderstorm Warning 224, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

May 3, 1997, 8:17 AM EDT (12:17 UTC)

Expired

May 3, 1997, 9:00 AM EDT

In force

43 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Meriwether County, GA, Pike County, GA, Spalding County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

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TTAA00 KATL 031218 RRA
SVRATL
GAC255-199-231-031300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
817 AM EDT SAT MAY 3 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...SPALDING COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...MERIWETHER COUNTY...PIKE COUNTY
 
AT 815 AM EDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRIFFIN TO
LUTHERSVILLE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES. THIS MOVEMENT WILL
TAKE THE STORM THROUGH GRIFFIN AROIND 830 AM...ZEBULON AT 835 AM...AND
THROUGH GREENVILLE AT 840 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.

In the hours before

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
091>098-103>113-031800-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
600 AM EDT SAT MAY 3 1997

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE STATE OF
GEORGIA TODAY.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTING THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY INTO THE
LOWER GREAT LAKES WILL SWING A COLD FRONT THROUGH ALABAMA AND INTO
CENTRAL GEORGIA BY AFTERNOON.

THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH
NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS MORNING... AND PUSHING FURTHER SOUTHWARD
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.  THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF THE GEORGIA
COAST TONIGHT AS COOLER AND DRIER WEATHER ADVANCES THROUGH THE NORTHERN
COUNTIES.  SOME OF THESE STORMS MAYBE SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS
AND LARGE HAIL.  ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
SPOTTER GROUPS IN NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER
DEVELOPEMENT AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION LATER THIS MORNING
AND AFTERNOON.

BDG

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
091>098-103>113-031800-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
600 AM EDT SAT MAY 3 1997

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE STATE OF
GEORGIA TODAY.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTING THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY INTO THE
LOWER GREAT LAKES WILL SWING A COLD FRONT THROUGH ALABAMA AND INTO
CENTRAL GEORGIA BY AFTERNOON.

THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH
NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS MORNING... AND PUSHING FURTHER SOUTHWARD
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.  THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF THE GEORGIA
COAST TONIGHT AS COOLER AND DRIER WEATHER ADVANCES THROUGH THE NORTHERN
COUNTIES.  SOME OF THESE STORMS MAYBE SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS
AND LARGE HAIL.  ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
SPOTTER GROUPS IN NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER
DEVELOPEMENT AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION LATER THIS MORNING
AND AFTERNOON.

BDG

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.