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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 239, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 9, 1997Heard County, Meriwether County, Troup County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 1997, 3:04 PM EDT for Heard County, Meriwether County, Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 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 9, 1997, 3:04 PM EDT (19:04 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 1997, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Heard County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Troup County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 9, 3:28 PM EDTThunderstorm WindLone Oak, GANumerous trees were downed between Lone Oak and Luthersville by thunderstorm winds.
May 9, 3:40 PM EDTHail 0.75La Grange, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 9, 12:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 50 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 1997-05-09Temperature 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 1997-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
910 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 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 091906 RRA
SVRATL
GAC149-199-285-091945-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
304 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...SOUTHERN HEARD COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...NORTHERN MERIWETHER COUNTY...NORTHERN TROUP COUNTY
 
AT 305 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ALONG THE HEARD-TROUP COUNTIES LINE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. AMONG THE
AREAS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY 330 PM ARE WEST POINT LAKE..HOGANSVILLE
AND LUTHERSVILLE.
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Pike45 min
May 9, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup36 min
May 9, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar32 min
May 9, 4:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCUpson51 min
May 9, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMonroe35 min
May 9, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones37 min
May 9, 5:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Twiggs41 min
May 9, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkinson38 min
May 9, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson, Laurens37 min
May 9, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion26 min
May 9, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSchley38 min
May 9, 6:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon27 min
May 9, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly25 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.