Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 407, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 1997, 7:25 PM EDT for Jones County, Wilkinson County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 min. 2 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, 7:25 PM EDT (23:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 1997, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jones County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 7:35 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Toomsboro, GA | Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees and power lines. |
| Jul 27, 8:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Gray, GA | Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and power lines all over the county. |
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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 272324 RRA SVRATL GAC169-319-280015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 725 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...JONES COUNTY...WILKINSON COUNTY AT 722 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST MILLEDGEVILLE TO TENNILLE MOVING SOUTH SOUTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THIS WILL TAKE THE STORMS OVER GRAY AND IRWINTON AROUND 740 PM. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. BOATERS, GOLFERS, AND OTHERS INVOLVED IN OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. 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.
| 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, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Putnam, Washington | 54 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.