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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 470, NWS Atlanta, GA

September 10, 1997Chattooga County, Floyd County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 10, 1997, 6:36 PM EDT for Chattooga County, Floyd County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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
Sep 10, 1997, 6:36 PM EDT (22:36 UTC)
Expired
Sep 10, 1997, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Chattooga County, GA, Floyd County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 1997-09-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 554 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 1997-09-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 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
554 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
874 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

236 
WUUS1 KATL 102238 RRA
SVRATL
GAC055-115-102315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
636 PM EDT WED SEP 10 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...SOUTHERN CHATTOOGA COUNTY...WESTERN FLOYD COUNTY
 
AT 635 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM OVER CHATTOOGAVILLE. THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10
TO 15 MPH.
 
 
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.
 
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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 10, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens34 min
Sep 10, 4:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow36 min
Sep 10, 4:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup34 min
Sep 10, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Troup48 min
Sep 10, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow28 min
Sep 10, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fulton47 min
Sep 10, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCUpson27 min
Sep 10, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cobb, Paulding50 min
Sep 10, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether26 min
Sep 10, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCUpson32 min
Sep 10, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee34 min
Sep 10, 6:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett43 min
Sep 10, 6:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJackson25 min
Sep 10, 6:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb28 min
Sep 10, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth46 min
Sep 10, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaylor28 min
Sep 10, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford32 min
Sep 10, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJackson, Madison43 min
Sep 10, 6:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPaulding26 min
Sep 10, 7:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow39 min
Sep 10, 7:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas25 min
Sep 10, 7:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.