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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 274, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 27, 1997Telfair County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1997, 12:26 PM EDT for Telfair County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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, 12:26 PM EDT (16:26 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 1997, 1:00 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Telfair County, GA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 27, 12:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 198 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 1997-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1370 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 1997-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 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
1370 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
909 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

368 
WUUS1 KATL 271627 RRA
SVRATL
GAC271-271700-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1226 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  100 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...TELFAIR COUNTY
 
AT 1225 PM WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN CENTRAL
TELFAIR COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF MCRAE.
 
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...LIGHTNING POSES A SERIOUS DANGER.
STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DONT USE TELEPHONES OR
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES, UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. IF BOATING OR
SWIMMING...GET TO LAND QUICKLY AND FIND SHELTER. IF IN THE OPEN FIND
A LOW SPOT AWAY FROM TREES, FENCES, AND POLES.
 
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 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, 11:11 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, 12:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas38 min
May 27, 12:56 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCUpson49 min
May 27, 2:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter52 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.