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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 489, NWS Atlanta, GA

October 25, 1997Catoosa County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 25, 1997, 4:55 AM EDT for Catoosa 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 25, 1997, 4:55 AM EDT (08:55 UTC)
Expired
Oct 25, 1997, 5:30 AM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Catoosa County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 180 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 00:00Z on 1997-10-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 296 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 00:00Z on 1997-10-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 176 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
296 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
545 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
245 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 250859 RRA
SVRATL
GAC047-250945-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
455 AM EDT SAT OCT 25 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...NORTHERN CATOOSA COUNTY
 
AT 453 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE GEORGIA/TENNESSEEE BORDER. THIS STORM IS MOVING
IN THE NORTHWEST OF PART OF CATOOSA COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT
30 MPH.
 
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 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 25, 6:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee46 min
Oct 25, 7:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth50 min
Oct 25, 7:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett, Hall35 min
Oct 25, 9:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Walker41 min
Oct 25, 10:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGordon, Pickens54 min
Oct 25, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard30 min
Oct 25, 4:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Troup36 min
Oct 25, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether30 min
Oct 25, 4:51 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCMeriwether24 min
Oct 25, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFayette, Pike, Spalding30 min
Oct 25, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp43 min
Oct 25, 5:21 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCPike24 min
Oct 25, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSpalding26 min
Oct 25, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Jasper45 min
Oct 25, 6:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPutnam36 min
Oct 25, 7:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin26 min
Oct 25, 7:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Hancock31 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.