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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 393, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 17, 1997Monroe County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 1997, 12:41 AM EDT for Monroe County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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 17, 1997, 12:41 AM EDT (04:41 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 1997, 1:15 AM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Monroe County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 67 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 1997-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1994 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 00:00Z on 1997-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -28 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
1994 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1338 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-37 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.

160 
WUUS1 KATL 170444 RRA
SVRATL
GAC207-170515-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1241 AM EDT THU JUL 17 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  115 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...MONROE COUNTY
 
AT 1240 AM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM FIVE MILES
NORTHWEST OF FORSYTH. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
 
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 16, 8:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson, Paulding46 min
Jul 16, 9:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper36 min
Jul 16, 10:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington28 min
Jul 16, 11:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts30 min
Jul 16, 11:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta35 min
Jul 17, 12:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Henry25 min
Jul 17, 5:06 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette2 hr
Jul 17, 2:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas37 min
Jul 17, 3:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens38 min
Jul 17, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly27 min

Nearby

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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.