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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 284, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 1, 1997Laurens County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1997, 7:29 PM EDT for Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 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: Jun 1, 1997, 7:29 PM EDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 1997, 8:15 PM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

County Laurens County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 1, 7:29 PM EDT	Hail 0.75	Dublin, GA
Jun 1, 7:55 PM EDT	Hail 1.75	Montrose, 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 1, 4:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 178 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 012328 RRA
SVRATL
GAC175-020015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
729 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...LAURENS COUNTY
 
AT 725 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN LAURENS COUNTY NEAR CADWELL. THE STORM WAS
MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. THIS IS THE SAME STORM THAT DROPPED GOLFBALL
SIZED HAIL IN TELFAIR COUNTY AROUND 700 PM.
 
 
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.
 
 
 
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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

Local storm report, Jun 1, 5:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
539 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 1997

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

420 PM     HENRY                     GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
6/1/97     HENRY

Local storm report, Jun 1, 5:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
539 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 1997

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

420 PM     HENRY                     GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
6/1/97     HENRY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 1, 4:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Henry	25 min
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, 7:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jasper, Putnam	46 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.