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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 245, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 9, 1997Jones County, Georgia

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 9, 4:48 PM EDTHail 0.75Gray, GA
May 9, 4:48 PM EDTThunderstorm WindGray, GASeveral 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 9, 12:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
May 9, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 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.

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°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.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 3:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard, Meriwether, Troup41 min
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, 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

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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.