Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 405, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 1997, 6:42 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 48 min. 4 reports 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 27, 1997, 6:42 PM EDT (22:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 1997, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Greene County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Warren County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 6:42 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Greensboro, GA | Several trees were knocked down on Georgia highway 44 south of town. Several large tree limbs and power lines were knocked down in the same general area. |
| Jul 27, 6:42 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Warrenton, GA | Two tree limbs were knocked down on power lines along Georgia Highway 278 in Warrenton. |
| Jul 27, 6:42 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Sparta, GA | Several trees and limbs were knocked down by thunderstorm winds in Mayfield. |
| Jul 27, 6:52 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyneville, GA | Thunderstorm winds knocked down or twisted off several trees. |
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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 146 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 894 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1141 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 272241 RRA SVRATL GAC141-301-133-265-272330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 642 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...HANCOCK COUNTY...WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...GREENE COUNTY...TALIAFERRO COUNTY AT 640 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WARRENTON MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. THIS WILL TAKE THE STORM NEAR SPARTA AROUND 700 PM. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...LIGHTNING POSES A SERIOUS DANGER. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DON'T 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Towns | 31 min |
| Jul 27, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Putnam, Washington | 54 min |
| Jul 27, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones, Wilkinson | 50 min |
| Jul 27, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Twiggs | 49 min |
| Jul 27, 7:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Pickens | 40 min |
| Jul 27, 7:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Pickens | 25 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997
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.