Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 323, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1997, 1:25 PM EDT for Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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 18, 1997, 1:25 PM EDT (17:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1997, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Laurens County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 1:40 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Dublin, GA | Several to numerous tree limbs were downed on Georgia Highway 19 just south of Dublin near Popuar Church Road. |
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 18, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 181727 RRA SVRATL GAC175-181800- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 125 PM EDT WED JUN 18 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...LAURENS COUNTY AT 125 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERTORMS EXTENDING FROM NICKLESVILLE TO NEAR CADWELL MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. 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. 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, 12:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Twiggs | 33 min |
| Jun 18, 1:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkinson | 32 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
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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.