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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 538, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 1, 1997Baldwin County, Jones County, Wilkinson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 1, 1997, 6:52 PM EST for Baldwin County, Jones County, Wilkinson 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, 6:52 PM EST (23:52 UTC)
Expired: Nov 1, 1997, 7:30 PM EST
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Baldwin County, GA, Jones County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 1, 7:19 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind	Irwinton, GA	Wilkinson county 911 reported two trees were knocked down by thunderstorm winds.

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 1, 4:30 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 118 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 012353 RRA
SVRATL
GAC009-169-319-020030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
652 PM EST SAT NOV 1 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...BALDWIN COUNTY...JONES COUNTY...WILKINSON COUNTY
 
AT 645 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS FROM GRAY TO JEFFERSONVILLE. THE LINE IS MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE PUBLIC REPORTED DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL NEAR
GRAY AROUND 644 PM EST.
 
 
A 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.
 
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.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 1, 9:52 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Talbot	38 min
Nov 1, 10:18 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Taylor	27 min
Nov 1, 4:17 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Marion, Talbot	43 min
Nov 1, 4:53 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Taylor	67 min
Nov 1, 5:05 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Talbot	55 min
Nov 1, 5:22 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp, Wilcox	68 min
Nov 1, 5:35 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Macon, Schley	40 min
Nov 1, 6:00 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dooly, Houston	45 min
Nov 1, 6:11 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dodge, Telfair	64 min
Nov 1, 6:25 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Twiggs	50 min
Nov 1, 6:33 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Pulaski	27 min
Nov 1, 6:44 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Wheeler	46 min

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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.