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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 289, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 1, 1997Emanuel County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1997, 9:38 PM EDT for Emanuel County, Georgia. It was in force for 22 min. 1 report 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, 9:38 PM EDT (01:38 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 1997, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

County Emanuel County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 1, 9:45 PM EDT	Hail 0.75	Swainsboro, 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

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 218 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: 141 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 884 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 020138 RRA
SVRATL
GAC107-020200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
938 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...NORTHERN EMANUEL COUNTY
 
AT 935 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM NEAR SUMMERTOWN IN NORTHERN EMANUEL COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS
MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS WILL TAKE THE STORM OUT OF THE
COUNTY BY 1000 PM.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
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.

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, 8:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Johnson, Washington	45 min
Jun 1, 9:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Toombs	30 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.