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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 488, NWS Atlanta, GA

October 24, 1997Wilcox County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 24, 1997, 3:40 PM EDT for Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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
Oct 24, 1997, 3:40 PM EDT (19:40 UTC)
Expired
Oct 24, 1997, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Wilcox County, GA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 24, 1:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1997-10-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 1997-10-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 423 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
854 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
423 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
597 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.

000 
TTAA00 KATL 241943 RRA
SVRATL
GAC315-242015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
340 PM EDT FRI OCT 24 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...SOUTHERN WILCOX COUNTY
 
AT 339 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES
NORTHWEST OF OWENSBORO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT IN OR NEAR THE WARNED AREA.
REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE
ALERT TO RAPIDLY nCHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
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, Oct 24, 11:42 AM EDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
GAZ066>076-078>086-091>098-103>113-241945-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1142 AM EDT FRI OCT 24 1997

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL
GEORGIA TODAY. THE RISK AREA EXTENDS SOUTH ALONG A LINE FROM LAGRANGE
TO THOMASTON TO SWAINSBORO.

A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY
WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD MOISTURE NORTH AND EAST TODAY. AN UPPER AIR
DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON.
STORMS DEVELOPING WITH THE SYSTEM CAN PRODUCE AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 60 MPH.

STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL NEED TO
MONITOR THE SITUATION FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION.
Special weather statement, Oct 24, 11:46 AM EDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
GAZ066>076-078>086-091>098-103>113-241945-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1142 AM EDT FRI OCT 24 1997

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL
GEORGIA TODAY. THE RISK AREA EXTENDS SOUTH ALONG A LINE FROM LAGRANGE
TO THOMASTON TO SWAINSBORO.

A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY
WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD MOISTURE NORTH AND EAST TODAY. AN UPPER AIR
DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON.
STORMS DEVELOPING WITH THE SYSTEM CAN PRODUCE AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 60 MPH.

STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL NEED TO
MONITOR THED SITUATION FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 24, 10:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard, Troup53 min
Oct 24, 2:36 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCrisp39 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.