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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 435, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 15, 1997Bibb County, Houston County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 1997, 4:19 PM EDT for Bibb County, Houston County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 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
Aug 15, 1997, 4:19 PM EDT (20:19 UTC)
Expired
Aug 15, 1997, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bibb County, GA, Houston County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 12:00Z on 1997-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 104 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 12:00Z on 1997-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
104 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-154 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
945 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 152014 RRA
SVRATL
GAC021-153-152100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
419 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...BIBB COUNTY...HOUSTON COUNTY
 
AT 410 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR BYRON
MOVING EAST AT 15 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 OUTSIDEh 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
Aug 15, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford45 min
Aug 15, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon45 min
Aug 15, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPeach45 min
Aug 15, 7:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMadison, Oglethorpe31 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.