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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 370, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 8, 1997Emanuel County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1997, 5:48 PM EDT for Emanuel County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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 8, 1997, 5:48 PM EDT (21:48 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 1997, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Emanuel County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 8, 6:10 PM EDTThunderstorm WindSwainsboro, GASeveral trees and power lines were knocked down in the areas southeast and east of Swainsboro.

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

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 218 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 1997-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 463 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 1997-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
463 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
982 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 082147 RRA
SVRATL
GAC107-082215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
548 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...EMANUEL COUNTY
 
AT 545 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
SUMMERTOWN 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF SWAINSBORO. THE SEVERE STORM
WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
 
 
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.

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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.