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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 316, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 17, 1997Bartow County, Cherokee County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1997, 12:17 PM EDT for Bartow County, Cherokee County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 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 17, 1997, 12:17 PM EDT (16:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 1997, 1:00 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bartow County, GA, Cherokee County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1997-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 754 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1997-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
754 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
495 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

490 
WUUS1 KATL 171619 RRA
SVRATL
GAC015-057-171700-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1217 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  100 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...BARTOW COUNTY...CHEROKEE COUNTY
 
AT 12:15 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EMERSON MOVING
EAST-NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THIS WILL BRING THIS STORM NEAR
CANTON AROUND 12:45 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. 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 17, 11:20 AM EDT, 57 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
091>098-103>113-172115-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1120 AM EDT TUE JUN 17 1997

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL
GERGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE CENTER AND ASSOCIATED FRONTAL SYSTEM OVER
EASTERN OKLAHOMA WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TODAY AND TONIGHT. A MOIST AND
UNSTABLE AIRMASS EXISTS OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST U.S. AND AN UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW LEVEL JET HAS PRODUCED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTH AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI TO
NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND INTO NORTH GEORGIA THIS MORNING. AFTERNOON
HEATING WILL FURTHER DESTABLIZE THE ATMOSPHERE OVER GEORGIA AS
OUTFLOW BOUNDRIES FROM THIS MORNINGS ACTVIVITY...AND THE LOW LEVEL
JET INTERACT LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING PRODUCING THE RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE ACTIVATION IS NEEDED. EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION BY BEING ALERT TO
FURTHER STATEMENTS...SHORT TERM FORECASTS...AS WELL AS ANY WATCHES OR
WARNINGS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE.

99
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 11:24 AM EDT, 53 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
091>098-103>113-172115-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1120 AM EDT TUE JUN 17 1997

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL
GERGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE CENTER AND ASSOCIATED FRONTAL SYSTEM OVER
EASTERN OKLAHOMA WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TODAY AND TONIGHT. A MOIST AND
UNSTABLE AIRMASS EXISTS OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST U.S. AND AN UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW LEVEL JET HAS PRODUCED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTH AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI TO
NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND INTO NORTH GEORGIA THIS MORNING. AFTERNOON
HEATING WILL FURTHER DESTABLIZE THE ATMOSPHERE OVER GEORGIA AS
OUTFLOW BOUNDRIES FROM THIS MORNINGS ACTVIVITY...AND THE LOW LEVEL
JET INTERACT LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING PRODUCING THE RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE ACTIVATION IS NEEDED. EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION BY BEING ALERT TO
FURTHER STATEMENTS...SHORT TERM FORECASTS...AS WELL AS ANY WATCHES OR
WARNINGS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE.

99

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 1:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett41 min
Jun 17, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Troup43 min
Jun 17, 2:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Talbot33 min
Jun 17, 3:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton36 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.