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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 286, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 1, 1997Montgomery County, Wheeler County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1997, 8:15 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Wheeler County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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, 8:15 PM EDT (00:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1997, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Montgomery County, GA, Wheeler County, GA

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 1, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 203 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 00:00Z on 1997-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1730 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 00:00Z on 1997-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 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
1730 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
689 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 020016 RRA
SVRATL
GAC209-309-020045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
815 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 CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...MONTGOMERY COUNTY...WHEELER COUNTY
 
AT 812 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN ALAMO AND GREENWOOD MOVING NORTH-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.Z
 
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.
 
WRS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 8:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson, Washington45 min
Jun 1, 9:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCToombs30 min
Jun 1, 9:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel22 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.