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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 253, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 15, 1997Dodge County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1997, 3:44 PM EDT for Dodge County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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 15, 1997, 3:44 PM EDT (19:44 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 1997, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Dodge County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 15, 3:50 PM EDTHail 0.75Chauncey, 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 nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 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 1997-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 221 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 1997-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 105 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
221 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
694 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
222 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

897 
WUUS1 KATL 151945 RRA
SVRATL
GAC091-152015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
344 PM EDT THU MAY 15 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...DODGE COUNTY
 
AT 344 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
10 MILES WEST OF EASTMAN. THE SEVERE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
25 MPH.
 
 
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 15, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair34 min
May 15, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWheeler26 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.