Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 540, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 1, 1997, 7:33 PM EST for Toombs County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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, 7:33 PM EST (00:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 1, 1997, 8:00 PM EST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Toombs County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 7:38 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Vidalia, GA | Toombs county 911 reported two trees were downed on highway 280. |
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, 7:30 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 1109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1077 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 020033 RRA SVRATL GAC279-020100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 733 PM EST SAT NOV 1 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA ...TOOMBS COUNTY AT 730 PM EST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AROUND 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOUNT VERNON MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. 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.
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
Local storm report, Nov 1, 2:07 PM EST, 5 hours 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
208 PM EST SUN NOV 01 1997
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
954 AM BOX SPRING GA .75 INCH HAIL
11/01/97 TALBOT REPORTED BY HAM/SPOTTER
VIA BHM WSFO.
1022 AM HOWARD GA .75 INCH HAIL
11/01/97 TAYLLOR GAME WARDEN REPORTED TO
911 OFFICE.Special weather statement, Nov 1, 2:07 PM EST, 5 hours 26 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-020400- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 210 PM EDT SAT NOV 01 1997 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ROME TO CUMMING TO ELBERTON. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THAT PART OF CENTRAL GEORGIA GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A COLUMBUS TO PERRY TO DUBLIN LINE FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST...SPREADING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO GEORGIA THROUGH THE EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE... PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. SPOTTER GROUP&S AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
Local storm report, Nov 1, 2:08 PM EST, 5 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
208 PM EST SUN NOV 01 1997
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
954 AM BOX SPRING GA .75 INCH HAIL
11/01/97 TALBOT REPORTED BY HAM/SPOTTER
VIA BHM WSFO.
1022 AM HOWARD GA .75 INCH HAIL
11/01/97 TAYLOR GAME WARDEN REPORTED TO
911 OFFICE.Local storm report, Nov 1, 2:08 PM EST, 5 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION TO DAY IN HEADING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
208 PM EST SAT NOV 01 1997
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
954 AM BOX SPRING GA .75 INCH HAIL
11/01/97 TALBOT REPORTED BY HAM/SPOTTER
VIA BHM WSFO.
1022 AM HOWARD GA .75 INCH HAIL
11/01/97 TAYLOR GAME WARDEN REPORTED TO
911 OFFICE.The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 7:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery | 42 min |
| Nov 1, 7:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 31 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.