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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 534, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 1, 1997Dodge County, Telfair County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 1, 1997, 6:11 PM EST for Dodge County, Telfair County, Georgia. It was in force for 64 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, 6:11 PM EST (23:11 UTC)
Expired
Nov 1, 1997, 7:15 PM EST
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dodge County, GA, Telfair County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 1, 6:45 PM ESTHail 0.8Mc Rae, GAThe public reported dime to nickel 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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 1, 4:30 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 200 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 012311 RRA
SVRATL
GAC091-271-020015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
611 PM EST SAT NOV 1 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...DODGE COUNTY...TELFAIR COUNTY
 
AT 608 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF ROCHELLE. THE SEVERE STORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
 
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.
 
XA 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 CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 1, 9:52 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTalbot38 min
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, 6:25 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.