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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 450, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 31, 1997Wilcox County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 31, 1997, 4:47 PM EDT for Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report 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 31, 1997, 4:47 PM EDT (20:47 UTC)
Expired: Aug 31, 1997, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

County Wilcox County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 31, 5:00 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Pitts, GA	Middle Georgia Utility Company reported thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees 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 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 185 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 708 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 866 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 7 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.

993 
WUUS1 KATL 312048 RRA
SVRATL
GAC315-312115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
447 PM EDT SUN AUG 31 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...WILCOX COUNTY
 
AT 445 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES
WEST OF ABBEVILLE OVER THE TOWN OF PITTS. THERE WILL BE LITTLE
MOVEMENT WITH THIS SEVERE STORM.
 
 
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
DONT 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.

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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.