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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 267, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 27, 1997Houston County, Peach County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1997, 11:11 AM EDT for Houston County, Peach County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 min. 2 reports 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, 11:11 AM EDT (15:11 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 1997, 12:00 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Houston County, GA, Peach County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 27, 11:11 AM EDTHail 0.75Ft Vly, GADime sized hail was reported across the county.
May 27, 11:30 AM EDTHail 1.25Perry, 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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 118 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.

908 
WUUS1 KATL 271512 RRA
SVRATL
GAC153-225-271600-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1111 AM EDT TUE MAY 27 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...HOUSTON COUNTY...PEACH COUNTY
 
AT 1110 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
BETWEEN FORT VALLEY AND BRYON MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN
HOUR.
 
THE STORM WILL PASS THROUGH PERRY IN HOUSTON COUNTY BETWEEN 1130 AND
1145.
 
 
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
DONT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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, 9:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton36 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.