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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 3, 1997Chattooga County, Floyd County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 3, 1997, 5:23 AM EST for Chattooga County, Floyd County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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
Mar 3, 1997, 5:23 AM EST (10:23 UTC)
Expired
Mar 3, 1997, 6:00 AM EST
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Chattooga County, GA, Floyd County, GA

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 3, 12:45 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
Mar 3, 5:00 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 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 00:00Z on 1997-03-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 71 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 1997-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 174 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
71 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1288 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
234 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 031023 RRA
SVRATL
GAC055-115-031100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
523 AM EST MON MAR 3 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...CHATTOOGA COUNTY...FLOYD COUNTY
 
AT 522 AM EST A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST
ALABAMA IN CHEROKEE COUNTY NEAR CENTRE ALABAMA. THE STORM WAS
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 70 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM WILL MOVE
BETWEEN ROME AND SUMMERVILLE BY 535 AM EST.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR 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 CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 5:38 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGordon, Whitfield37 min
Mar 3, 6:40 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMurray35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.