Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 321, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1997, 12:57 PM EDT for Bleckley County, Twiggs County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 min. 2 reports 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 18, 1997, 12:57 PM EDT (16:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1997, 1:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bleckley County, GA, Twiggs County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 1:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Cochran, GA | Structural damage to a home and barn resulted from thunderstorm winds. A car was also blown off the blocks it was resting on. |
| Jun 18, 1:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Jeffersonville, GA | Numerous tree limbs were knocked down and several power lines were snapped countywide. |
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 nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 128 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 907 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 181659 RRA SVRATL GAC023-289-181730- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1257 PM EDT WED JUN 18 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...BLECKLEY COUNTY...TWIGGS COUNTY AT 1258 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR WARNER ROBINS TO HAYNESVILLE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. 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 18, 1:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkinson | 32 min |
| Jun 18, 1:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 35 min |
| Jun 18, 1:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Washington | 39 min |
| Jun 18, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Treutlen | 49 min |
| Jun 18, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 27 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.