Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 479, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 10, 1997, 8:57 PM EDT for Fayette County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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
- Sep 10, 1997, 8:57 PM EDT (00:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 10, 1997, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fayette County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 9:00 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Peachtree City, GA | Dime to quarter size hail was reported. |
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 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 5 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
- 914 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1127 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 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 110059 RRA SVRATL GAC113-110130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 857 PM EDT WED SEP 10 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY AT 855 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER TYRONE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 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 DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE DWATER COVERS THE ROAD. WRS
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, Sep 10, 7:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
740 PM EDT WED SEP 10 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
425 PM ADAIRSVILLE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
9/10/97 BARTOW DIME SIZE HAIL
410 PM 5 S ADAIRSVILLE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
9/10/97 BARTOW DIME SIZE HAIL
455 PM ADAIRSVILLE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
9/10/97 BARTOW DIME SIZE HAIL
450 PM LA GRANGE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
9/10/97 TROUP DIME SIZE HAIL
500 PM NEAR CALLAWAY GARDENS GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
9/10/97 TROUP QUARTER SIZE HAIL
500 PM EUHARLEE GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
9/10/97 BARTOW QUARTER SIZE HAIL
510 PM CARTERSVILLE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
9/10/97 BARTOW DIME SIZE HAIL
510 PM POWERS CROSSROADS GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
9/10/97 COWETA DIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL
520 PM MABLETON GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
9/10/97 COBB DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL
535 PM EMERSON GA 1.25 INCH HAIL
9/10/97 BARTOW HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL
545 PM KENNESAW GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
9/10/97 COBB QUARTER SIZE HAIL
545 PM ACWORTH GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
9/10/97 COBB DIME SIZE HAIL
547 PM AUSTELL GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
9/10/97 COBB QUARTER SIZE HAILLocal storm report, Sep 10, 8:00 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
800 PM EDT WED SEP 10 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
520 PM POWERS CROSSROADS GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
9/10/97 COWETA DIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAILLocal storm report, Sep 10, 8:12 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
800 PM EDT WED SEP 10 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
520 PM POWERS CROSSROADS GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
9/10/97 COWETA DIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAILLocal storm report, Sep 10, 8:15 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
815 PM EDT WED SEP 10 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
540 PM 1 N WARM SPRINGS GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
9/10/97 MERIWETHER OFF-DUTY NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE EMPLOYEE REPORTED
QUARTER SIZE HAIL THAT
COVERED THE ROAD AND BROKE
OUT WINDOWS IN HIS CAR
550-555 PM KENNESAW GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
9/10/97 COBB NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL
622 PM SMYRNA GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
9/10/97 COBB QUARTER SIZE HAIL
615 PM DUNWOODY GA 1.25 INCH HAIL
9/10/97 DEKALB HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL
640 PM ROSWELL GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
9/10/97 FULTON DIME SIZE HAIL
630-635 PM ALPHARETTA GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
9/10/97 FULTON NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND TREES
DOWN
645-700 PM 8 SW DALLAS GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
9/10/97 PAULDING DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL
635 PM 9 NE BUTLER GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
9/10/97 CRAWFORD DIME SIZE HAIL
655 PM 4 N REYNOLDS GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
9/10/97 TAYLOR QUARTER SIZE HAIL CAUSED
DAMAGE TO VEHICLE
724 PM DOUGLASVILLE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
9/10/97 DOUGLAS DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL
734 PM 5 W WINDER GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
9/10/97 BARROW NICKEL SIZE HAILLocal storm report, Sep 10, 8:16 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
815 PM EDT WED SEP 10 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
540 PM 1 N WARM SPRINGS GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
9/10/97 MERIWETHER OFF-DUTY NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE EMPLOYEE REPORTED
QUARTER SIZE HAIL THAT
COVERED THE ROAD AND BROKE
OUT WINDOWS IN HIS CAR
550-555 PM KENNESAW GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
9/10/97 COBB NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL
622 PM SMYRNA GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
9/10/97 COBB QUARTER SIZE HAIL
615 PM DUNWOODY GA 1.25 INCH HAIL
9/10/97 DEKALB HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL
640 PM ROSWELL GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
9/10/97 FULTON DIME SIZE HAIL
630-635 PM ALPHARETTA GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
9/10/97 FULTON NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND TREES
DOWN
645-700 PM 8 SW DALLAS GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
9/10/97 PAULDING DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL
635 PM 9 NE BUTLER GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
9/10/97 CRAWFORD DIME SIZE HAIL
655 PM 4 N REYNOLDS GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
9/10/97 TAYLOR QUARTER SIZE HAIL CAUSED
DAMAGE TO VEHICLE
724 PM . DOUGLASVILLE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
9/10/97 DOUGLAS DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL
734 PM 5 W WINDER GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
9/10/97 BARROW NICKEL SIZE HAILThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 29 min |
| Sep 10, 8:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer | 38 min |
| Sep 10, 9:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Murray | 37 min |
| Sep 10, 9:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton, Walton | 25 min |
| Sep 10, 10:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 28 min |
| Sep 10, 10:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock | 38 min |
| Sep 10, 11:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Warren | 28 min |
| Sep 11, 3:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fulton | 40 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.