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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 285, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 1, 1997Jasper County, Putnam County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1997, 7:59 PM EDT for Jasper County, Putnam County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 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
Jun 1, 1997, 7:59 PM EDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1997, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jasper County, GA, Putnam County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 1997-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1997-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -54 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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 012359 RRA
SVRATL
GAC159-237-020045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
759 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY...SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY
 
AT 755 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM OVER HILLSBORO MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE STORM
WILL ARRIVE AT STANFORDVILLE IN PUTNAM COUNTY AROUND 830 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.
 
IF YOU EXPERIENCE STORM DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES OR TREES...OR HAIL THE
SIZE OF DIME2S OR LARGER...PLEASE REPORT IT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING 770-486-8535.
 
WRS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Henry25 min
Jun 1, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon, Schley, Taylor36 min
Jun 1, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilcox33 min
Jun 1, 6:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOconee, Oglethorpe43 min
Jun 1, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair49 min
Jun 1, 7:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth38 min
Jun 1, 7:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMonroe35 min
Jun 1, 7:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens46 min

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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.