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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 415, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 27, 1997Pike County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 1997, 9:07 PM EDT for Pike County, Georgia. It was in force for 68 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 27, 1997, 9:07 PM EDT (01:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 1997, 10:15 PM EDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Pike County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 33 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 280106
SVRATL
GAC093-193-231-263-269-280215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
907 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...DOOLY COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...MACON COUNTY...PIKE COUNTY...TALBOT COUNTY...TAYLOR COUNTY
 
AT 905 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM
ZEBULON TO THOMASTON TO PERRY MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS
WILL PASS OVER TALBOTTON...BUTLER AND OLGETHORPE AROUND 930 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 8:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Jasper, Jones, Monroe51 min
Jul 27, 8:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Houston, Peach43 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 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

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.