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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 259, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 24, 1997Pulaski County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1997, 9:07 PM EDT for Pulaski County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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 24, 1997, 9:07 PM EDT (01:07 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 1997, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Pulaski County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 24, 9:20 PM EDTHail 0.9Hawkinsville, 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 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 159 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 00:00Z on 1997-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 733 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1997-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
733 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
693 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

748 
WUUS1 KATL 250108 RRA
SVRATL
GAC235-250145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
907 PM EDT SAT MAY 24 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...PULASKI COUNTY
 
AT 905 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM OVER FINLEYSON MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.
 
DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING
ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
 
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.
 
WRS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 8:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTalbot, Upson42 min
May 24, 8:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon41 min
May 24, 8:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaylor37 min
May 24, 9:07 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCPulaski38 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.