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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 248, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 9, 1997Johnson County, Laurens County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 1997, 5:53 PM EDT for Johnson County, Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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, 5:53 PM EDT (21:53 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 1997, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Johnson County, GA, Laurens County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 9, 5:53 PM EDTThunderstorm WindDublin, GATrees were downed on power lines.

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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 092155 RRA
SVRATL
GAC175-167-092230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
553 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...LAURENS COUNTY
 
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...JOHNSON COUNTY
 
AT 552 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE
WILKINSON-LAURENS COUNTY LINE. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THE STORM WILL AFFECT THE DUBLIN AREA BY 610 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.

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, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkinson38 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.