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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 30, 1997Johnson County, Washington County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 1997, 8:52 PM EST for Johnson County, Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 53 min. 2 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, 8:52 PM EST (01:52 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 1997, 9:45 PM EST
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Johnson County, GA, Washington County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 30, 9:00 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind	Wrightsville, GA
Mar 30, 9:00 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind	Tennille, 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, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 175 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: 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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 310151 RRA
SVRATL
GAC167-303-310245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
852 PM EST SUN MAR 30 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...JOHNSON COUNTY...WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
AT 850 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM FROM
5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TENNILLE TO DUDLEY. MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
 
THESE STORMS HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS.
 
 
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.

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, Mar 30, 5:49 PM EST, 3 hours 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
651 PM EST SUN MAR 30 1997

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....
 X
540 PM     12NW FRANKLIN             GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
3/30/97    HEARD                          QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED
                                          IN EPHESUS.

Local storm report, Mar 30, 6:51 PM EST, 2 hours 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
651 PM EST SUN MAR 30 1997

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

540 PM     12NW FRANKLIN             GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
3/30/97    HEARD                          QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED
                                          IN EPHESUS.

Local storm report, Mar 30, 8:50 PM EST, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
951 PM EST SUN MAR 30 1997

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

540 PM     12NW FRANKLIN             GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
3/30/97    HEARD                          QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED
                                          IN EPHESUS.

558 PM     5NE FRANKLIN              GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
3/30/97    HEARD

816 PM     FORT VALLEY               GA   WIND DAMAGE
3/30/97    PEACH                          EMA REPORTED SEVERAL TREES
                                          DOWN...ONE ON A HOUSE WHICH
                                          SUFFERED DAMAGE.

800 PM     MACON                     GA   WIND DAMAGE
3/30/97    BIBB                           A COUPLE OF TREES WERE DOWNED
                                          WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.

745 PM     5W LIZELLA                GA   WIND DAMAGE
3/30/97    CRAWFORD                       NWS SPOTTERS REPORTED TREES
                                          DOWN IN NORTHERN CRAWFORD
                                          COUNTY.

740 PM     6NE BUENA VISTA           GA   WIND DAMAGE
3/30/97    MARION                         TWO TREES WERE DOWNED IN
                                          TAZEWELL.

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, 8:33 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Laurens, Wilkinson	42 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.