Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 442, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 1997, 6:38 PM EDT for Taliaferro County, Wilkes County, Georgia. It was in force for 52 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
- Aug 17, 1997, 6:38 PM EDT (22:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 1997, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Taliaferro County, GA, Wilkes County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 6:40 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyneville, GA | Georgia State Patrol reported two trees were blown down.. |
| Aug 17, 6:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Rayle, GA | Rayle EMC reported several large trees were blown down. |
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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 2630 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 669 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 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 172235 RRA SVRATL GAC265-317-172330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 638 PM EDT SUN AUG 17 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...TALIAFERRO COUNTY...WILKES COUNTY AT 635 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES WEST OF WASHINGTON IN NORTHERN TALIAFERRO COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 17, 1:50 PM EDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
147 PM EDT SUN AUG 17 1997
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
830 PM S KATHLEEN GA WIND DAMAGE
8/16/97 HOUSTON TREES DOWN ON HOUSES AND
CARS ALONG HWY 129. REPORTED
BY HOUSTON 911.
830 PM 18 ESE MACON GA WIND DAMAGE
8/16/97 TWIGGS TREES DOWN ON MYRICKS MILL RD
OFF HWY 80. REPORTED BY
TWIGGS 911.Special weather statement, Aug 17, 5:43 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
GAZ027-036-038-172245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO HEADLINE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 543 PM EDT SUN AUG 17 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CLARKE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 545 PM... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL ON THE EAST SIDE OF ATHENS AND EASTERN CLARKE COUNTY FROM 520 TO 530 PM. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST INTO OGLETHORPE COUNTY AT 20 MPH. THE WEATHER OBSERVER AT THE ATHENS AIRPORT REPORTED 46 MPH WIND GUSTS AT 540 PM. THE THUNDERSTORM IS IN ITS DISSIPATING STAGE BUT WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE OVER OGLETHORPE COUNTY THROUGH 630 PM. KDF
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 5:45 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
GAZ027-036-038-172245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 543 PM EDT SUN AUG 17 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM FOR CLARKE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 545 PM... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL ON THE EAST SIDE OF ATHENS AND EASTERN CLARKE COUNTY FROM 520 TO 530 PM. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST INTO OGLETHORPE COUNTY AT 20 MPH. THE WEATHER OBSERVER AT THE ATHENS AIRPORT REPORTED 46 MPH WIND GUSTS AT 540 PM. THE THUNDERSTORM IS IN ITS DISSIPATING STAGE BUT WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE OVER OGLETHORPE COUNTY THROUGH 630 PM. KDF
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 5:53 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
GAZ027-036-038-172245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO HEADLINE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 543 PM EDT SUN AUG 17 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CLARKE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 545 PM... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL ON THE EAST SIDE OF ATHENS AND EASTERN CLARKE COUNTY FROM 520 TO 530 PM. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST INTO OGLETHORPE COUNTY AT 20 MPH. THE WEATHER OBSERVER AT THE ATHENS AIRPORT REPORTED 46 MPH WIND GUSTS AT 540 PM. THE THUNDERSTORM IS IN ITS DISSIPATING STAGE BUT WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE OVER OGLETHORPE COUNTY THROUGH 630 PM. KDF
Local storm report, Aug 17, 6:22 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
622 PM EDT SUN AUG 17 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
523 PM 2E ATHENS GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
8/17/97 CLARKE NUMEROUS REPORTS FROM
PUBLIC.
KDFLocal storm report, Aug 17, 6:23 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
622 PM EDT SUN AUG 17 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
523 PM 2E ATHENS GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
8/17/97 CLARKE NUMEROUS REPORTS FROM
PUBLIC.
KDFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Twiggs | 33 min |
| Aug 17, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke | 26 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.