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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 402, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 24, 1997Putnam County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 1997, 2:32 PM EDT for Putnam County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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, 2:32 PM EDT (18:32 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 1997, 3:05 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Putnam County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 1997-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1642 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 12:00Z on 1997-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
1642 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
719 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 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 241830 RRA
SVRATL
GAC237-241905-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
232 PM EDT THU JUL 24 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY GA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 305 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA

   ...PUTNAM COUNTY
 
AT 230 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY WEATHER
RADAR 6 MILES WEST OF ROCK EAGLE 4-H CENTER MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
ROCK EAGLE 4-H CENTER       AROUND 241 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.

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, 12:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Jefferson29 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

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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.