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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 9, 1997Dooly County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 1997, 6:50 PM EDT for Dooly County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 1997, 6:50 PM EDT (22:50 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 1997, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Dooly County, GA

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
May 9, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 150 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.

000 
TTAA00 KATL 092251 RRA
SVRATL
GAC093-092315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
650 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...DOOLY COUNTY
 
AT 647 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
8 MILES NORTHWEST OF VIENNA MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THIS STORM SHOULD ARRIVE IN VIENNA SHORTLY AFTER 7 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, 5:22 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

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.