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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 26, 1997Bartow County, Gordon County, Pickens County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 1997, 12:10 AM EST for Bartow County, Gordon County, Pickens County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 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
Mar 26, 1997, 12:10 AM EST (05:10 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 1997, 1:00 AM EST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bartow County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Pickens County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:09 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 00:00Z on 1997-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 231 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 1997-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 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
231 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1497 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

456 
WUUS1 KATL 260511 RRA
SVRATL
GAC015-129-227-260600-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1210 AM EST WED MAR 26 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  100 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...NORTHERN BARTOW COUNTY...SOUTHERN GORDON COUNTY
   ...PICKENS COUNTY
 
AT 1210 AM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
NEAR FOLSOM IN NORTHERN BARTOW COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS
MOVING EASTNORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DONT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 25, 7:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOconee35 min
Mar 25, 7:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Meriwether48 min
Mar 25, 8:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOglethorpe45 min
Mar 25, 8:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones52 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.