Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Watches in 1997
Tornado Watch 777
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Oct 26, 1997, 11:00 AM EST for 18 counties in Florida; 53 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 26, 1997, 11:00 AM EST (16:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 26, 1997, 5:00 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 71 counties
Baker County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Levy County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Madison County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Union County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Bryan County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Camden County, GA, Candler County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Chatham County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Echols County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Evans County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Turner County, GA, Ware County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wayne County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Worth County, GA
Warnings issued inside it
18 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 1:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens, Wilkinson | 35 min |
| Oct 26, 1:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Pulaski | 33 min |
| Oct 26, 1:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 33 min |
| Oct 26, 1:47 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Colquitt | 43 min |
| Oct 26, 1:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Laurens | 10 min |
| Oct 26, 2:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Grady | 39 min |
| Oct 26, 2:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens | 42 min |
| Oct 26, 2:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Jefferson | 50 min |
| Oct 26, 2:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Coffee | 55 min |
| Oct 26, 3:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson | 62 min |
| Oct 26, 3:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Thomas | 34 min |
| Oct 26, 3:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Bacon, Ware | 55 min |
| Oct 26, 4:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Bacon | 66 min |
| Oct 26, 4:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling | 60 min |
| Oct 26, 4:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson | 69 min |
| Oct 26, 4:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Wayne | 62 min |
| Oct 26, 4:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Long | 42 min |
| Oct 26, 4:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clinch, Ware | 70 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 1593 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 494 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 8.6
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 7:45 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 26, 1:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 26, 5:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Jefferson and 7 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
Tornado Watches in Georgia, 1997Tornado Watches in Florida, 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.