Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 386, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 1997, 7:59 PM EDT for Wheeler County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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 16, 1997, 7:59 PM EDT (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 1997, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wheeler County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 8:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Alamo, GA | Several trees were knocked down, mainly east of Alamo. |
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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 1056 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 987 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 16, 5:24 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
524 PM EDT WED JUL 16 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
540 PM BROOKHAVEN GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
7/16/97 DEKALB REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
555 PM CHAMBLEE GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
7/16/97 DEKALB REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
558 PM CHAMBLEE GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
7/16/97 DEKALB REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
605 PM TUCKER GA 1.25 INCH HAIL
7/16/97 DEKALB REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
615 PM 2 NE NORCROSS GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
7/16/97 GWINNETT REPORTED BY HAM.Local storm report, Jul 16, 6:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
524 PM EDT WED JUL 16 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
540 PM BROOKHAVEN GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
7/16/97 DEKALB REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
555 PM CHAMBLEE GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
7/16/97 DEKALB REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
558 PM CHAMBLEE GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
7/16/97 DEKALB REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
605 PM TUCKER GA 1.25 INCH HAIL
7/16/97 DEKALB REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
615 PM 2 NE NORCROSS GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
7/16/97 GWINNETT REPORTED BY HAM.Local storm report, Jul 16, 7:43 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
743 PM EDT WED JUL 16 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
725 PM 5 E ALPHARETTA GA WIND DAMAGE
7/16/97 FULTON 6 TREES DOWN. SOME FELL ON
HOUSE ON JONESBRIDGE RD.
REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
732 PM 8 S CUMMINGS GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
7/16/97 FORSYTH REPORTED BY PUBLIC.Local storm report, Jul 16, 7:46 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
743 PM EDT WED JUL 16 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
725 PM 5 E ALPHARETTA GA WIND DAMAGE
7/16/97 FULTON 6 TREES DOWN. SOME FELL ON
HOUSE ON JONESBRIDGE RD.
REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
732 PM 8 S CUMMINGS GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
7/16/97 FORSYTH REPORTED BY PUBLIC.The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 27 min |
| Jul 16, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 22 min |
| Jul 16, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 46 min |
| Jul 16, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 38 min |
| Jul 16, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 41 min |
| Jul 16, 7:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan | 26 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.