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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 304, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 14, 1997Crawford County, Peach County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1997, 3:35 PM EDT for Crawford County, Peach County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 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 14, 1997, 3:35 PM EDT (19:35 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 1997, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Crawford County, GA, Peach County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 14, 3:45 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Roberta, GA	Power outages were reported when at least two trees fell on power lines.

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 14, 2:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 98 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: 1780 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 511 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 141935 RRA
SVRATL
GAC079-225-142015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
335 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...CRAWFORD COUNTY...PEACH COUNTY
 
AT 334 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF ROBERTA MOVING TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR FORT VALLEY BY 350 PM.
 
DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING
ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM
WINDOWlS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. BOATERS, GOLFERS, AND OTHERS
INVOLVED IN OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

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

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 11:30 AM EDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
091>098-103>113-142130-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1130 AM EDT SAT JUN 14 1997

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTTAL GEORGIA
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE
FROM COLUMBUS TO AUGUSTA.

A STRONG UPPER ATMOSPHERE DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST
ACROSS GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AIR AT THE SURFACE REMAINS
WARM MOIST AND UNSTABLE. THE COMBINATION OF THESE FACTORS COULD
PRODUCE ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.

SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE ACTIVATION IS NEEDED THIS
AFTERNOON. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD MONITOR THE
SITUATION.

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 11:49 AM EDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
091>098-103>113-142130-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1130 AM EDT SAT JUN 14 1997

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTTAL GEORGIA
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE
FROM COLUMBUS TO AUGUSTA.

A STRONG UPPER ATMOSPHERE DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST
ACROSS GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AIR AT THE SURFACE REMAINS
WARM MOIST AND UNSTABLE. THE COMBINATION OF THESE FACTORS COULD
PRODUCE ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.

SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE ACTIVATION IS NEEDED 6THIS
AFTERNOON. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD MONITOR THE
SITUATION.

Local storm report, Jun 14, 2:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
225 PM EST SAT JUN 14 1997

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

840 PM                               GA   WIND DAMAGE
6/13/97     N LAURENS                     SEVERAL POWER LINES DOWNED BY
                                          FALLING TREES AND LIMBS
                                          REPORTED BY OCONEE EMC

Local storm report, Jun 14, 3:25 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
225 PM EST SAT JUN 14 1997

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

840 PM                               GA   WIND DAMAGE
6/13/97     N LAURENS                     SEVERAL POWER LINES DOWNED BY
                                          FALLING TREES AND LIMBS
                                          REPORTED BY OCONEE EMC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 9:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Houston, Twiggs	47 min
Jun 13, 9:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Laurens	28 min
Jun 13, 10:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Johnson, Laurens	42 min
Jun 13, 11:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Floyd	43 min
Jun 13, 11:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Walker, Whitfield	48 min
Jun 13, 11:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Floyd, Polk	41 min
Jun 14, 12:24 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gilmer, Murray	51 min
Jun 14, 12:24 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Whitfield	51 min
Jun 14, 12:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Johnson	50 min
Jun 14, 2:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Troup	41 min
Jun 14, 2:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Macon	29 min
Jun 14, 3:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Houston	26 min
Jun 14, 3:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Taylor	40 min
Jun 14, 3:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Houston	47 min
Jun 14, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Schley, Sumter	30 min
Jun 14, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Pulaski	33 min
Jun 14, 4:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dodge	33 min
Jun 14, 5:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Telfair, Wheeler	50 min
Jun 14, 5:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Laurens	50 min
Jun 14, 5:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Sumter, Webster	31 min
Jun 14, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Montgomery, Toombs	46 min
Jun 14, 6:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Banks	38 min
Jun 14, 6:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Hall	34 min
Jun 14, 6:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Banks, Jackson	53 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.