Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Watches in 1997
Tornado Watch 17
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jan 15, 1997, 11:00 PM CST for 6 counties in Alabama; 14 counties in Florida; 19 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 15, 1997, 11:00 PM CST (05:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 16, 1997, 4:00 AM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 39 counties
Barbour County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Pike County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Madison County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Washington County, FL, Baker County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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Warnings issued inside it
6 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 11:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay | 55 min |
| Jan 15, 11:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Washington | 51 min |
| Jan 15, 11:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Jackson | 62 min |
| Jan 16, 12:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Liberty | 67 min |
| Jan 16, 12:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Leon | 57 min |
| Jan 16, 1:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Madison, Taylor | 58 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 753 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 408 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 2:45 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 14 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Screven | 5 hr |
Nearby
Tornado Watches in Georgia, 1997Tornado Watches in Florida, 1997Tornado Watches in Alabama, 1997Every tornado 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.