Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 240, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 1997, 3:45 PM EDT for Meriwether County, Pike County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report 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, 3:45 PM EDT (19:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 1997, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Meriwether County, GA, Pike County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 4:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Zebulon, GA | Several trees were downed. |
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 9, 12:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 34 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 091946 RRA SVRATL GAC199-231-092030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 345 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...NORTHERN MERIWETHER COUNTY...PIKE COUNTY AT 340 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CONTINUED OVER NORTHERN MERIWETHER COUNTY ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREENVILLE. ANOTHER STORM WAS LOCATED OVER PIKE COUNTY JUST WEST OF ZEBULON. BOTH STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. WIND DAMAGE WAS REPORTED WITH THE STORM IN LUTHERSVILLE IN NORTHERN MERIWETHER COUNTY AROUND 330 PM. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. BOATERS, GOLFERS, AND OTHERS INVOLVED IN OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. 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 9, 10:57 AM EDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-092100- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1057 AM EDT FRI MAY 9 1997 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. A COLD FRONT APPROACHING NORTHWEST GEORGIA LATE THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER THE AREA WILL ALLOW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. SOME MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE MAIN THREAT. SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON. MSS
Special weather statement, May 9, 10:59 AM EDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-092100- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1057 AM EDT FRI MAY 9 1997 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. A COLD FRONT APPROACHING NORTHWEST GEORGIA LATE THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER THE AREA WILL ALLOW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. SOME MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE MAIN THREAT. SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON. MSS
Local storm report, May 9, 3:32 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
232 PM EST FRI MAY 9 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
306 PM HOGANSVILLE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/9/97 TROUP
306 PM HOGANSVILLE GA WIND DAMAGE
5/9/97 TROUP TREES DOWN INTO POWER LINES.
POWER OUTAGES.Local storm report, May 9, 3:35 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
232 PM EST FRI MAY 9 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
306 PM HOGANSVILLE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/9/97 TROUP
306 PM HOGANSVILLE GA WIND DAMAGE
5/9/97 TROUP TREES DOWN INTO POWER LINES.
POWER OUTAGES.Local storm report, May 9, 3:42 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
342 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
306 PM HOGANSVILLE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/9/97 TROUP
306 PM HOGANSVILLE GA WIND DAMAGE
5/9/97 TROUP TREES DOWN INTO POWER LINES.
POWER OUTAGES.
328 PM LONE OAK GA WIND DAMAGE
5/9/97 MERIWETHER TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN.
328 PM LUTHERSVILLE GA WIND DAMAGE
5/9/97 MERIWETHER TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN.
423PM PM UPSON GA 0.75 inch hail
5/9/97 UPSON THOMASTON DIME SIZE HAIL
WINDS ESTIMATED AT 30 MPH.Local storm report, May 9, 3:43 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
342 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
306 PM HOGANSVILLE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/9/97 TROUP
306 PM HOGANSVILLE GA WIND DAMAGE
5/9/97 TROUP TREES DOWN INTO POWER LINES.
POWER OUTAGES.
328 PM LONE OAK GA WIND DAMAGE
5/9/97 MERIWETHER TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN.
328 PM LUTHERSVILLE GA WIND DAMAGE
5/9/97 MERIWETHER TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN.The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard, Meriwether, Troup | 41 min |
| May 9, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Troup | 36 min |
| May 9, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar | 32 min |
| May 9, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Upson | 51 min |
| May 9, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Monroe | 35 min |
| May 9, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones | 37 min |
| May 9, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Twiggs | 41 min |
| May 9, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkinson | 38 min |
| May 9, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens | 37 min |
| May 9, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion | 26 min |
| May 9, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Schley | 38 min |
| May 9, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon | 27 min |
| May 9, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly | 25 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.