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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 403, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 25, 1997Dodge County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1997, 5:42 PM EDT for Dodge County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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 25, 1997, 5:42 PM EDT (21:42 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 1997, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Dodge County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 25, 6:00 PM EDTThunderstorm WindEastman, GASeveral trees were knocked down by the Post Office in Eastman as well as along Georgia Highway 117 just south of Eastman.

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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 1997-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 554 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 1997-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
554 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
933 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
22 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 252141 RRA
SVRATL
GAC091-252215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
542 PM EDT FRI JUL 25 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY GA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

   ...DODGE COUNTY
 
AT 539 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY WEATHER
RADAR IN THE VICINITY OF EASTMAN MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10
MPH.
 
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.

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.