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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 347, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 25, 1997Baldwin County, Wilkinson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1997, 7:13 PM EDT for Baldwin County, Wilkinson County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 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 25, 1997, 7:13 PM EDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 1997, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Baldwin County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 25, 7:35 PM EDTThunderstorm WindMilledgeville, GASeveral trees were knocked down.
Jun 25, 7:45 PM EDTThunderstorm WindIvey, GASeveral trees were knocked down.

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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 129 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1997-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 351 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1997-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
351 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
801 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 252313 RRA
SVRATL
GAC009-319-260000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
713 PM EDT WED JUN 25 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY...NORTHERN WILKINSON COUNTY
 
AT 710 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF GORDON MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES
AN HOUR. THIS MOVEMENT WILL BRING THE STORM JUST SOUTH OF MILLEDGEVILLE
AROUND 800 PM.
 
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.
 
WRS

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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.