Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 327, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 1997, 3:02 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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 20, 1997, 3:02 PM EDT (19:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 1997, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jefferson County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 810 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1005 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
275 WUUS1 KATL 201903 RRA SVRATL GAC163-201930- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 302 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY AT 300 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR WADLEY DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTH. 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. WRS
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 20, 12:00 PM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
GAZ025-027-031>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-091>098-103>113-210000- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1200 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 1997 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS AREA IS GENERALLY SOUTH OF AN ATLANTA TO ATHENS LINE. WARM AND VERY MOIST AIR COMBINED WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AND AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL AID IN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME LARGE HAIL. 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...AND ANY WATCHES OR WARNINGS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. KM
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 12:04 PM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
GAZ025-027-031>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-091>098-103>113-210000- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1200 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 1997 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS AREA IS GENERALLY SOUTH OF AN ATLANTA TO ATHENS LINE. WARM AND VERY MOIST AIR COMBINED WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AND AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL AID IN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME LARGE HAIL. SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE ACTIVATION IS NEEDED. EMERGENCY MAN:AGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION BY BEING ALERT TO FURTHER STATEMENTS...SHORT TERM FORECASTS...AND ANY WATCHES OR WARNINGS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. KM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 34 min |
| Jun 20, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Peach | 32 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.