Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 277, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1997, 4:20 PM EDT for Butts County, Henry County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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
- Jun 1, 1997, 4:20 PM EDT (20:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1997, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Butts County, GA, Henry County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 4:20 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Hampton, 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 41 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 534 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
532 WUUS1 KATL 012019 RRA SVRATL GAC035-151-012045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 420 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...BUTTS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...HENRY COUNTY AT 415 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE BORDER OF HENRY AND BUTTS COUNTIES NEAR HIGHWAY 23. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. 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.
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, Jun 1, 11:09 AM EDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-012130- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1110 AM EDT SUN JUN 1 1997 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE RISK AREA IS GENERALLY NORTH AND EAST OF A A LINE FROM CHATTANOOGA TO ATLANTA TO MACON. A MOIST AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE STATE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE AIRMASS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AS A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS EAST GEORGIA TODAY AND LOW PRESSURE ALOFT DRIFTS TOWARD THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. THE MOST LIKELY THREAT WILL BE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE ACTIVATION IS NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 11:10 AM EDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-012130- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1110 AM EDT SUN JUN 1 1997 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE RISK AREA IS GENERALLY NORTH AND EAST OF A A LINE FROM CHATTANOOGA TO ATLANTA TO MACON. A MOIST AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE STATE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE AIRMASS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AS A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS EAST GEORGIA TODAY AND LOW PRESSURE ALOFT DRIFTS TOWARD THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. THE MOST LIKELY THREAT WILL BE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE ACTIVATION IS NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Schley, Taylor | 36 min |
| Jun 1, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilcox | 33 min |
| Jun 1, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oconee, Oglethorpe | 43 min |
| Jun 1, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair | 49 min |
| Jun 1, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 38 min |
| Jun 1, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Monroe | 35 min |
| Jun 1, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 46 min |
| Jun 1, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Putnam | 46 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.