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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 373, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 14, 1997Baldwin County, Hancock County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1997, 7:18 PM EDT for Baldwin County, Hancock County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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
Jul 14, 1997, 7:18 PM EDT (23:18 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1997, 7:50 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Baldwin County, GA, Hancock County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 1997-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1665 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 1997-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -34 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
1665 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
986 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 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 142316 RRA
SVRATL
GAC009-141-142350-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
718 PM EDT MON JUL 14 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY GA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 750 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

   ...BALDWIN COUNTY

IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

   ...HANCOCK COUNTY
 
AT 715 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY WEATHER
RADAR IN THE VICINITY OF MILLEDGVILLE. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS
INDICATED.
 
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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 1:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter32 min
Jul 14, 2:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens, Treutlen, Wheeler31 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.