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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 325, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 18, 1997Emanuel County, Treutlen County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1997, 1:56 PM EDT for Emanuel County, Treutlen County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 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, 1:56 PM EDT (17:56 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 1997, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Emanuel County, GA, Treutlen County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 18, 2:05 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Soperton, GA	Several trees were knocked down on Georgia highway 166.

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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 216 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: 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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 181757 RRA
SVRATL
GAC107-283-181845-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
156 PM EDT WED JUN 18 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...EMANUEL COUNTY...TREUTLEN COUNTY
 
AT 155 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN
TREUTLEN COUNTY MOVINAG EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...LIGHTNING POSES A SERIOUS DANGER.
STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES, UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. IF BOATING OR
SWIMMING...GET TO LAND QUICKLY AND FIND SHELTER. IF IN THE OPEN FIND
A LOW SPOT AWAY FROM TREES, FENCES, AND POLES.
 
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, 1:25 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, 2:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jefferson	27 min

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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.