Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 1997, 9:56 PM EST for Emanuel County, Montgomery County, Toombs County, Georgia. It was in force for 64 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, 9:56 PM EST (02:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 1997, 11:00 PM EST
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Emanuel County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Toombs County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 10:00 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Uvalda, GA | |
| Mar 30, 10:15 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Cedar Crossing, GA | |
| Mar 30, 10:30 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Garfield, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 9:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 571 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1102 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 310255 RRA SVRATL GAC209-107-279-310400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 956 PM EST SUN MAR 30 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...EMANUEL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA ...TOOMBS COUNTY AT 950 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR SWAINSBORO TO NEAR MOUNT VERNON TO INTO CENTRAL WHEELER COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE BLOWN TREES DOWN ACROSS TREUTLEN AND JOHNSON COUNTIES. 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. KM
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, 8:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Washington | 53 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.