Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 1997, 8:33 PM EST for Bleckley County, Laurens County, Wilkinson County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 min. 3 reports 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
- Mar 30, 1997, 8:33 PM EST (01:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 1997, 9:15 PM EST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bleckley County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 8:47 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Irwinton, GA | |
| Mar 30, 8:49 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Dexter, GA | |
| Mar 30, 8:55 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Cochran, GA |
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 nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2251 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 310132 RRA SVRATL GAC023-175-319-310215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 833 PM EST SUN MAR 30 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...BLECKLEY COUNTY...LAURENS COUNTY...WILKINSON COUNTY AT 830 WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM GORDON TO DANVILLE TO NORTHWEST OF COCHRAN MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS. TREES WERE KNOCKED DOWN IN PEACH COUNTY. 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 DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. d &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 7:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion | 20 min |
| Mar 30, 7:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Peach | 32 min |
| Mar 30, 8:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Washington | 53 min |
| Mar 30, 9:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Montgomery, Toombs | 64 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.