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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 247, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 9, 1997Wilkinson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 1997, 5:22 PM EDT for Wilkinson County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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, 5:22 PM EDT (21:22 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 1997, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Wilkinson County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 9, 5:40 PM EDTThunderstorm WindIrwinton, GASeveral trees were downed by thunderstorm winds. Trees were reportedly on mobile homes, and power lines near Georgia highway 18.
May 9, 5:40 PM EDTHail 0.75Irwinton, 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, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 092123 RRA
SVRATL
GAC319-092200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
522 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...WILKINSON COUNTY
 
AT 520 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF
GORDON. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL BE NEAR
IRWINTON BY 530 PM.
 
 
 
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
DON'T 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.

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, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones37 min
May 9, 5:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Twiggs41 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.