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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 526, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 1, 1997Talbot County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 1, 1997, 9:52 AM EST for Talbot County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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
Nov 1, 1997, 9:52 AM EST (14:52 UTC)
Expired
Nov 1, 1997, 10:30 AM EST
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Talbot County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 1, 9:54 AM ESTHail 0.75Box Spgs, GAA HAM Operator/Spotter reported dime size hail.

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 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 75 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 1997-11-01Temperature 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°0°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 1997-11-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 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
516 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 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 011452 RRA
SVRATL
GAC263-011530-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
952 AM EST SAT NOV 1 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...SOUTHERN TALBOT COUNTY
 
AT 949 AM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
NORTHEAST MUSCOGEE COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS
TRACK WILL BRING THE STORM INTO SOUTHERN TALBOT COUNTY AFFECTING BOX
SPRING BY 953 AM AND GENEVA BY 959 AM.
 
 
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
Nov 1, 10:18 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaylor27 min
Nov 1, 4:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Talbot43 min
Nov 1, 4:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaylor67 min
Nov 1, 5:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Talbot55 min
Nov 1, 5:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Wilcox68 min
Nov 1, 5:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon, Schley40 min
Nov 1, 6:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly, Houston45 min
Nov 1, 6:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Telfair64 min
Nov 1, 6:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Twiggs50 min
Nov 1, 6:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPulaski27 min
Nov 1, 6:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWheeler46 min
Nov 1, 6:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Jones, Wilkinson38 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.