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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 24, 1997Cherokee County, Fulton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 24, 1997, 9:41 PM EST for Cherokee County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 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
Jan 24, 1997, 9:41 PM EST (02:41 UTC)
Expired
Jan 24, 1997, 10:30 PM EST
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cherokee County, GA, Fulton County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 24, 5:45 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 72 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 00:00Z on 1997-01-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 128 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 00:00Z on 1997-01-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 186 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
128 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
517 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 24, 9:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPaulding45 min
Jan 24, 9:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb36 min
Jan 24, 10:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd27 min
Jan 24, 10:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Gordon53 min
Jan 24, 11:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGilmer, Pickens36 min
Jan 24, 11:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson23 min
Jan 24, 11:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLumpkin31 min
Jan 25, 12:08 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall, White27 min
Jan 25, 12:25 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas, Paulding35 min
Jan 25, 12:32 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Fulton43 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.