Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 265, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1997, 9:34 AM EDT for Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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 27, 1997, 9:34 AM EDT (13:34 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 1997, 10:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fulton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 9:50 AM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Atlanta, 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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 47 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2642 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 652 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 271335 SVRATL GAC121-271400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 934 AM EDT TUE MAY 27 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...NORTHERN FULTON COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTH ATLANTA MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. 3/4 TO 1 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM NEAR NORTHSIDE DRIVE AROUND 915 AM. THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE BETWEEN NORTH ATLANTA AND SANDY SPRINGS BETWEEN 945 AM AND 1000 AM. 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. &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 27, 5:00 AM EDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-271500- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 500 AM EDT TUE MAY 27 1997 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY AND TONIGHT. A MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TODAY ALONG AND AHEAD OF A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE INTO EAST GEORGIA THIS MORNING AND MOVE SLOWLY TO SOUTHWEST GEORGIA THIS EVENING. THERE WILL BE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES THE AREA. THE MOST LIKELY THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION. BDL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 11:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jackson, Madison | 33 min |
| May 27, 1:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson | 31 min |
| May 27, 2:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 15 min |
| May 27, 8:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton | 44 min |
| May 27, 8:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry | 34 min |
| May 27, 9:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fulton | 36 min |
| May 27, 11:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Peach | 49 min |
| May 27, 11:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 39 min |
| May 27, 11:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taylor | 29 min |
| May 27, 11:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson | 38 min |
| May 27, 12:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Pike, Upson | 27 min |
| May 27, 12:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 38 min |
| May 27, 12:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taylor | 32 min |
| May 27, 12:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair | 34 min |
| May 27, 12:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Douglas | 38 min |
| May 27, 12:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Upson | 49 min |
| May 27, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Sumter | 52 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.