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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 266, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 27, 1997Fulton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1997, 9:54 AM EDT for Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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 27, 1997, 9:54 AM EDT (13:54 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 1997, 10:30 AM EDT
In force
36 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 13:53 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1997-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2642 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 12:00Z on 1997-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 271356 RRA
SVRATL
GAC121-271430-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
954 AM EDT TUE MAY 27 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...NORTH FULTON COUNTY
 
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH FULTON COUNTY HAS BEEN
EXTENDED UNTIL 1030 AM. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF SANDY SPRINGS HAS REMAINED NEARLY
STATIONARY FOR THE PAST 30 MINUTES. ALONG WITH HAIL THIS STORM WILL
LIKELY CAUSE SOME LOCAL FLOODING OF STREETS AND SMALL CREEKS.
 
 
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.

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 54 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 11:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJackson, Madison33 min
May 27, 1:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson31 min
May 27, 2:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel15 min
May 27, 8:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb, Fulton44 min
May 27, 8:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry34 min
May 27, 9:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton26 min
May 27, 11:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston, Peach49 min
May 27, 11:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta39 min
May 27, 11:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaylor29 min
May 27, 11:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Haralson38 min
May 27, 12:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar, Pike, Upson27 min
May 27, 12:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether38 min
May 27, 12:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaylor32 min
May 27, 12:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair34 min
May 27, 12:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas38 min
May 27, 12:56 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCUpson49 min
May 27, 2:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter52 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.