Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Watches in 1997
Tornado Watch 210
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 27, 1997, 8:00 PM CDT for 5 counties in Alabama; 24 counties in Florida; 51 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 1997, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 1997, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 80 counties
Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Baker County, FL, Bay County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Clay County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Duval County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Madison County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Union County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Washington County, FL, Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Bryan County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Camden County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Clay County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Echols County, GA, Evans County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lee County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Turner County, GA, Ware County, GA, Wayne County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Worth County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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Warnings issued inside it
1 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 1:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilcox | 40 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 998 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 482 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 254 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 263 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 6.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
346 WWUS9 KMKC 280028 SEL0 MKC WW 280028 FLZ000-GAZ000-ALZ000-280700- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 210 STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 828 PM EDT SUN APR 27 1997 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL OR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN FLORIDA SOUTHERN GEORGIA SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 900 PM UNTIL 300 AM EDT. TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 1/2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF PANAMA CITY FLORIDA TO 20 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF BRUNSWICK GEORGIA. OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 209. WATCH NUMBER 209 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 900 PM EDT. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DISCUSSION...MODERATELY UNSTABLE AND VERY MOIST AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS FL AND SOUTH GA. WIND PROFILES ARE BECOMING INCRESINGLY FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS AS LOW LEVEL JET INCREASE TO 50 KT AND UPPER SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM EASTERN TX. CURRENT STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE AND INCREASE WITH ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT TAKING PLACE OVER NORTHEASTERN GULF. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 1/2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21035. ...HALES 314,0860 322,0810 300,0810 292,0860
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Coffee, Crenshaw, Dale, Geneva, Henry and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Cullman and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 28, 11:30 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Flagler and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Clarke, Columbia, Effingham and 28 more | 6 hr |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.