Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 365, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1997, 4:51 PM EDT for Houston County, Georgia. It was in force for 54 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
- Jul 5, 1997, 4:51 PM EDT (20:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1997, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Houston County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 5:00 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Grovania, GA | Dime to quarter sized hail fell between Grovania and 11 miles south of Perry. |
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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 813 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -242 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 694 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 052051 RRA SVRATL GAC153-052145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 451 PM EDT SAT JUL 5 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...HOUSTON COUNTY AT 450 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF PERRY...NEARLY STATIONARY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Towns, White | 48 min |
| Jul 4, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 48 min |
| Jul 4, 8:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Jackson | 44 min |
| Jul 5, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Webster | 51 min |
| Jul 5, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Sumter | 38 min |
| Jul 5, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly | 54 min |
| Jul 5, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Treutlen | 46 min |
| Jul 5, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson | 44 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.