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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 28, 1997Carroll County, Haralson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 28, 1997, 3:17 AM EST for Carroll County, Haralson 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
Jan 28, 1997, 3:17 AM EST (08:17 UTC)
Expired
Jan 28, 1997, 3:45 AM EST
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Carroll County, GA, Haralson County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 00:00Z on 1997-01-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1997-01-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 140 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1666 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
322 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 280819 RRA
SVRATL
GAC045-143-280845-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
317 AM EST TUE JAN 28 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...NORTHERN CARROLL COUNTY...EASTERN HARALSON COUNTY
 
AT 315 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
5 MILES WEST OF BREMEN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THIS
THUNDERSTORM WILL PASS THROUGH THE ROOPVILLE AREA IN SOUTH CARROLL
COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES.
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD M$OVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 28, 4:18 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Heard27 min
Jan 28, 4:32 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup28 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.