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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 401, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 24, 1997Glascock County, Jefferson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 1997, 12:31 AM EDT for Glascock County, Jefferson County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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 24, 1997, 12:31 AM EDT (04:31 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 1997, 1:00 AM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Glascock County, GA, Jefferson County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 186 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 1997-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3286 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1997-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 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
3286 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
873 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 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.

659 
WUUS1 KATL 240430 RRA
SVRATL
GAC125-163-240500-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1231 AM EDT THU JUL 24 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  100 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...GLASCOCK COUNTY...NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY
 
AT 1230 AM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR GIBSON
MOVING EAST 25 MPH. THIS PATH WILL TAKE THE STORM OVER WRENS IN
JEFFERSON COUNTY AROUND 1250 AM.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DONT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
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 23, 11:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWarren29 min
Jul 24, 12:17 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCWarren118 min
Jul 24, 1:40 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCGlascock, Jefferson2 hr
Jul 24, 2:07 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCHancock68 min
Jul 24, 4:41 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCGreene, Morgan, Putnam3 hr
Jul 24, 4:41 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCHancock3 hr
Jul 24, 2:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPutnam33 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.