Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 447, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 20, 1997, 4:49 PM EDT for Warren County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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 20, 1997, 4:49 PM EDT (20:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 1997, 5:20 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Warren County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 1699 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 743 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
486 WUUS1 KATL 202051 RRA SVRATL GAC301-202115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 449 PM EDT WED AUG 20 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 520 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...WARREN COUNTY AT 449 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR NORWOOD MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WIIL PASS NEAR WARRENTON AROUND 500 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.
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
Special weather statement, Aug 20, 11:40 AM EDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-202200- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1140 AM EDT WED AUG 20 1997 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE RISK AREA IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ROME TO TOCCOA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTH FROM TENNESSEE INTO NORTHERN GEORGIA. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION AROUND MID-AFTERNOON...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION. WRS
Special weather statement, Aug 20, 11:44 AM EDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-202200- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1140 AM EDT WED AUG 20 1997 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE RISK AREA IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ROME TO TOCCOA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTH FROM TENNESSEE INTO NORTHERN GEORGIA. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION AROUND MID-AFTERNOON...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEM ENT PERSONNEL SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION. WRS
Local storm report, Aug 20, 1:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
130 PM EDT WED AUG 20 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
400 PM MILLEDGEVILLE GA WIND DAMAGE
8/16/97 BALDWIN TREE BLOWN DOWN ONTO CAR AND
MOBILE HOME. CAR WAS OCCUPIED
BUT NO INJURIES. LOCATED AT
344 HARRISBURG RD LOT 8.
TIME APPROX 330-400 PM EDT.Local storm report, Aug 20, 1:40 PM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
130 PM EDT WED AUG 20 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
400 PM MILLEDGEVILLE GA WIND DAMAGE
8/16/97 BALDWIN TREE BLOWN DOWN ONTO CAR AND
MOBILE HOME. CAR WAS OCCUPIED
BUT NO IN*JURIES. LOCATED AT
344 HARRISBURG RD LOT # 8.
TIME APPROX 330-400 PM EDT.The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 45 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.