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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 412, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 27, 1997Bleckley County, Houston County, Peach County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 1997, 8:32 PM EDT for Bleckley County, Houston County, Peach County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 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, 8:32 PM EDT (00:32 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 1997, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bleckley County, GA, Houston County, GA, Peach County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 27, 8:45 PM EDTThunderstorm WindCary, GAThunderstorm winds knocked tree limbs onto power lines on Georgia Highway 112 just south of Cary.
Jul 27, 9:00 PM EDTThunderstorm WindByron, GAThunderstorm winds knocked down several tree limbs.
Jul 27, 9:05 PM EDTThunderstorm WindPerry, GAThunderstorm winds knocked down several large tree limbs and power lines.

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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 00:00Z on 1997-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2430 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 00:00Z on 1997-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2430 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1303 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KATL 280031 RRA
SVRATL
GAC023-079-153-225-171-293-280115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
832 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...BLECKLEY COUNTY...CRAWFORD COUNTY...HOUSTON COUNTY
   ...PEACH COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...LAMAR COUNTY...EASTERN UPSON COUNTY
 
AT 830 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM
FORSYTH TO 10 MILES WEST OF MACON TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF JEFFERSONVILLE.
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
 
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 SHELPTER 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 8:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Jasper, Jones, Monroe51 min
Jul 27, 8:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Lamar, Upson43 min
Jul 27, 9:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon, Talbot, Taylor68 min
Jul 27, 9:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPike68 min
Jul 27, 9:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly68 min
Jul 27, 9:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Schley, Sumter50 min
Jul 27, 9:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWebster53 min
Jul 28, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLumpkin, White35 min
Jul 28, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton30 min
Jul 28, 6:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth, Gwinnett, Hall27 min
Jul 28, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton, Walton25 min
Jul 28, 7:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett27 min
Jul 28, 7:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCRockdale31 min
Jul 28, 7:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett28 min
Jul 28, 7:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry, Rockdale28 min
Jul 28, 7:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMurray, Whitfield33 min

Nearby

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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.