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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 378, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 15, 1997Oglethorpe County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1997, 7:28 PM EDT for Oglethorpe County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 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 15, 1997, 7:28 PM EDT (23:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 1997, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Oglethorpe County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 1997-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 759 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 1997-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 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
759 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
817 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 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 152330 RRA
SVRATL
GAC221-160015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
728 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY GA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA

   ...OGLETHORPE COUNTY
 
AT 726 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY WEATHER
RADAR 7 MILES NORTH OF STEPHENS MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
STEPHENS                    AROUND 757 PM EDT
 
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...PTLEASE 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 15, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston, Twiggs47 min
Jul 15, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson31 min
Jul 15, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston50 min
Jul 15, 6:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb49 min
Jul 15, 7:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Pike28 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.