Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 406, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 1997, 7:06 PM EDT for Baldwin County, Putnam County, Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 54 min. 3 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, 7:06 PM EDT (23:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 1997, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Baldwin County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Washington County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 7:06 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Milledgeville, GA | Numerous trees and tree limbs were knocked down by thunderstorm winds. Several power lines were also knocked down in the Eastern portion of Baldwin County. |
| Jul 27, 7:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Oconee, GA | Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees near Georgia Highway 222. |
| Jul 27, 7:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Eatonton, GA | Several large trees were knocked down in Eatonton. |
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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren | 48 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.