Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 516, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 26, 1997, 10:35 AM EST for Putnam County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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 26, 1997, 10:35 AM EST (15:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 26, 1997, 11:00 AM EST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Putnam County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 265 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 503 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 368 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 438 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 261537 RRA SVRATL GAC237-261600- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1035 AM EST SUN OCT 26 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...PUTNAM COUNTY AT 1032 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF EATONTON MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. 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. 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
Special weather statement, Oct 26, 7:00 AM EST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-261600- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 700 AM EST SUN OCT 26 1997 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR THE OKLAHOMA-KANSAS BORDER IS FORECAST TO BEGIN MOVING NORTHEASTWARD TODAY. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS CONTINUED TO DRAW DEEP MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY FROM THE GULF OF MEXICE NORTHWARD INTO GEORGIA AND THE SURROUNDING STATES. A SURFACE FRONT APPROACHING NORTHWEST GEORGIA TODAY SHOULD HELP RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER GEORGIA. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 60 MPH OR MORE. STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL NEED TO MONITOR THE SITUATION THIS AFTERNOON FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION.
Special weather statement, Oct 26, 7:10 AM EST, 3 hours 25 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-261600- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 700 AM EST SUN OCT 26 1997 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR THE OKLAHOMA-KANSAS BORDER IS FORECAST TO BEGIN MOVING NORTHEASTWARD TODAY. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS CONTINUED TO DRAW DEEP MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY FROM THE GULF OF MEXICE NORTHWARD INTO GEORGIA AND THE SURROUNDING STATES. A SURFACE FRONT APPROACHING NORTHWEST GEORGIA TODAY SHOULD HELP RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER GEORGIA. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS tCOULD PRODUCE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 60 MPH OR MORE. STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL NEED TO MONITOR THE SITUATION THIS AFTERNOON FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 6:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris | 85 min |
| Oct 26, 6:56 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris | 94 min |
| Oct 26, 8:21 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 39 min |
| Oct 26, 8:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Upson | 30 min |
| Oct 26, 8:53 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Upson | 22 min |
| Oct 26, 9:03 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Pike | 27 min |
| Oct 26, 9:21 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Lamar | 24 min |
| Oct 26, 9:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pike, Upson | 25 min |
| Oct 26, 9:44 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Monroe | 31 min |
| Oct 26, 9:49 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar | 26 min |
| Oct 26, 10:06 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper | 39 min |
| Oct 26, 10:18 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Monroe | 12 min |
| Oct 26, 10:26 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones | 34 min |
| Oct 26, 10:31 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene | 29 min |
| Oct 26, 10:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock | 35 min |
| Oct 26, 11:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon | 25 min |
| Oct 26, 11:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock, Warren | 42 min |
| Oct 26, 11:42 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston | 33 min |
| Oct 26, 12:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dooly, Sumter | 36 min |
| Oct 26, 12:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston | 34 min |
| Oct 26, 12:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Houston | 22 min |
| Oct 26, 1:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens, Wilkinson | 35 min |
| Oct 26, 1:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Pulaski | 33 min |
| Oct 26, 1:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 33 min |
| Oct 26, 1:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Laurens | 10 min |
| Oct 26, 2:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens | 42 min |
| Oct 26, 2:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Jefferson | 50 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.