Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 245, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 1997, 4:38 PM EDT for Jones County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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, 4:38 PM EDT (20:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 1997, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jones County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 4:48 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Gray, GA | |
| May 9, 4:48 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Gray, GA | Several trees down along Georgia Highway 29 north. |
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 |
| May 9, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 96 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.
580 WUUS1 KATL 092040 RRA SVRATL GAC169-092115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 438 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...JONES COUNTY AT 437 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN WAYSIDE AND GRAY MOVING TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DONT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. 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
Local storm report, May 9, 3:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 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, 1 hour 3 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, 56 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, 55 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.Local storm report, May 9, 4:00 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION....
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
400 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
4 EDT PM ZEBULON GA WIND DAMAGE
5/9/97 PIKE SEVERAL TREES DOWN.Local storm report, May 9, 4:00 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
400 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
4 EDT PM ZEBULON GA WIND DAMAGE
5/9/97 PIKE SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
448 PM GREY GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/9/97 JONES
448 EDT PM GRAY GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/9/97 JONES DIME SIZE HAIL IN GRAY
AND SEVERAL TREES DOWN
ON HIGHWAY 29N.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, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Pike | 45 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, 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.