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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 22, 1997Macon County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 22, 1997, 10:48 PM EDT for Macon County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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
Apr 22, 1997, 10:48 PM EDT (02:48 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 1997, 11:15 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Macon County, GA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 22, 6:45 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 1997-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 1997-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -27 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1269 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
12 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.

742 
WFUS1 KATL 230247 RRA
TORATL
GAC193-230315-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1048 PM EDT TUE APR 22 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...MACON COUNTY
 
AT 1045 PM THE PEACHTREE CITY DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF OGLETHORPE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE
NORTHEAST 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...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS
A CLOSET OR BATHROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. AVOID WINDOWS. USE
BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.
 
IF YOU EXPERIENCE STORM DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES OR TREES...OR HAIL THE
SIZE OF DIMES OR LARGER...PLEASE REPORT IT BY CALLING THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE AT 770-486-8535.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 8:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkinson21 min
Apr 22, 8:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Jefferson, Warren44 min
Apr 22, 9:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Meriwether40 min
Apr 22, 9:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPike, Upson38 min
Apr 22, 9:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar39 min
Apr 22, 10:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Schley34 min
Apr 22, 10:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon31 min
Apr 22, 11:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston, Peach30 min
Apr 22, 11:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Dooly32 min
Apr 22, 11:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs32 min
Apr 22, 11:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPulaski, Wilcox27 min
Apr 22, 11:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley27 min
Apr 22, 11:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Laurens28 min
Apr 22, 11:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair, Wheeler44 min
Apr 22, 11:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Jefferson, Treutlen44 min
Apr 23, 12:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Toombs33 min
Apr 23, 4:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly, Pulaski28 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.