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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 398, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 22, 1997Fayette County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 1997, 2:00 PM EDT for Fayette County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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 22, 1997, 2:00 PM EDT (18:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 1997, 2:35 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Fayette County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 5 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 1997-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 661 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 1997-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 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
661 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
490 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 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 221802 RRA
SVRATL
GAC113-221835-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
200 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY GA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 235 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA

   ...FAYETTE COUNTY
 
AT 158 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY WEATHER
RADAR 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PEACHTREE CITY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
PEACHTREE CITY              AROUND 200 PM EDT
TYRONE                      AROUND 206 PM EDT
FAYETTEVILLE                AROUND 215 PM EDT
KENWOOD                     AROUND 224 PM EDT
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...LIGHTNING POSES A SERIOUS DANGER.
STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES...UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. IF BOATING OR
SWIMMING...GET TO LAND QUICKLY AND FIND SHELTER. IF IN THE OPEN FIND
A LOW SPOT AWAY FROM TREES...FENCES...AND POLES.

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.