Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 274
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 9, 1997, 11:45 AM CDT for Chambers County, Cleburne County, Randolph County, Alabama; 52 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 9, 1997, 11:45 AM CDT (16:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 1997, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 55 counties
Chambers County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Baldwin County, GA, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Hart County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Madison County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Pike County, GA, Polk County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Troup County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:49 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.
Warnings issued inside it
8 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard, Meriwether, Troup | 41 min |
| May 9, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Pike | 45 min |
| May 9, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Troup | 36 min |
| May 9, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar | 32 min |
| May 9, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Upson | 51 min |
| May 9, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Monroe | 35 min |
| May 9, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones | 37 min |
| May 9, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Twiggs | 41 min |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Coffee and 12 more | 6 hr |
| May 9, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 38 more | 4 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Georgia, 1997Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Alabama, 1997Every severe thunderstorm watch in 1997
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.