Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 287, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 1, 1997Johnson County, Washington County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1997, 8:30 PM EDT for Johnson County, Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 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, 8:30 PM EDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 1997, 9:15 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Johnson County, GA, Washington County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 175 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: 982 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 985 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.1
Supercell composite: -0.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 020030 RRA
SVRATL
GAC167-303-020115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
830 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...WESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY...WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
AT 827PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IN FAR WESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH. THE STORM WILL BE NEAR SOUTHERN SANDERSVILLE AROUND 9 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.
 
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.
 
WbRS

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, 2 hours 51 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, 2 hours 43 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, 8:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Montgomery, Wheeler	30 min
Jun 1, 9:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Toombs	30 min
Jun 1, 9:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel	22 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.