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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 541, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 1, 1997Emanuel County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 1, 1997, 7:44 PM EST for Emanuel County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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
Nov 1, 1997, 7:44 PM EST (00:44 UTC)
Expired
Nov 1, 1997, 8:15 PM EST
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Emanuel County, GA

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 1, 7:30 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 218 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 1997-11-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 259 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 1997-11-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
259 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-102 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
770 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

612 
WUUS1 KATL 020045 RRA
SVRATL
GAC107-020115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
744 PM EST SAT NOV 1 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...EMANUEL COUNTY
 
AT 740 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AROUND
VIDALIA MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS SEVERE STORM WILL
AFFECT OAK PARK IN SOUTHERN EMANUAL COUNTY AROUND 8 PM.
 
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 1, 7:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery42 min
Nov 1, 7:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCToombs27 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.