Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 336, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 1997, 9:44 PM EDT for DeKalb County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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 20, 1997, 9:44 PM EDT (01:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 1997, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties DeKalb County, GA, Fulton County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 10:00 PM EDT | Hail 0.9 | Alpharetta, GA | Dime to nickel sized hail was reported |
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 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 2432 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1335 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
903 WUUS1 KATL 210145 RRA SVRATL GAC089-121-210215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 944 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...NORTHERN DE KALB COUNTY...NORTHERN FULTON COUNTY AT 942 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR DUNWOODY DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTH. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED DIME SIZE HAIL OR GREATER IN THE DUNWOODY AREA. 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 20, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones | 37 min |
| Jun 20, 8:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fayette | 32 min |
| Jun 20, 8:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard | 39 min |
| Jun 20, 8:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 42 min |
| Jun 20, 9:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fayette | 29 min |
| Jun 20, 9:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 30 min |
| Jun 20, 9:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Washington | 47 min |
| Jun 20, 10:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 29 min |
| Jun 20, 10:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson, Johnson | 40 min |
| Jun 20, 10:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 29 min |
| Jun 21, 1:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin | 39 min |
| Jun 21, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walker | 32 min |
| Jun 21, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 38 min |
| Jun 21, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 34 min |
| Jun 21, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall, Jackson | 53 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.