Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 308, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1997, 4:57 PM EDT for Dodge County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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, 4:57 PM EDT (20:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1997, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dodge County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 5:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Eastman, GA | Several trees were knocked down along Georgia Highway 87. |
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, 12:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 182 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
182 WUUS1 KATL 142057 RRA SVRATL GAC091-142130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 457 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...DODGE COUNTY AT 456 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF EASTMAN MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. 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.
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, 5 hours 27 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, 5 hours 8 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, 2 hours 33 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 EMCLocal storm report, Jun 14, 3:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 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 EMCLocal storm report, Jun 14, 4:50 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
450 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 1997
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
130 PM WHITESVILLE GA WIND DAMAGE
6/14/97 HARRIS TREES DOWN IN THE PINE VALLEY
RD AREA. REPORTED BY HARRIS
COUNTY 911.Local storm report, Jun 14, 4:52 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
450 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 1997
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
130 PM WHITESVILLE GA WIND DAMAGE
6/14/97 HARRIS TREES DOWN IN THE PINE VALLEY
RD AREA. REPORTED BY HARRIS
COUNTY 911.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, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Peach | 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, 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.