Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 1997
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Mar 29, 1997, 12:22 AM EST for Bartow County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report 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 29, 1997, 12:22 AM EST (05:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 1997, 1:00 AM EST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bartow County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:24 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 29, 12:30 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Cassville, 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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 1292 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 660 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 6.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
229 WFUS1 KATL 290522 RRA TORATL GAC015-290600- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1222 AM EST SAT MAR 29 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...BARTOW COUNTY AT 1220 AM EST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR HIGHWAY 41 NORTHWEST OF CARTERSVILLE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 11:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Murray | 10 min |
| Mar 28, 11:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 34 min |
| Mar 29, 12:11 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd | 34 min |
| Mar 29, 12:46 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 29 min |
| Mar 29, 12:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lumpkin | 21 min |
| Mar 29, 1:56 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 34 min |
| Mar 29, 2:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Union | 25 min |
| Mar 29, 2:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 31 min |
| Mar 29, 2:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 30 min |
| Mar 29, 2:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Towns, Union | 25 min |
| Mar 29, 2:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 31 min |
| Mar 29, 3:17 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 28 min |
| Mar 29, 3:45 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin | 3 hr |
| Mar 29, 3:45 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Towns, Union, White | 3 hr |
| Mar 29, 6:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Taylor | 26 min |
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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.