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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 3, 1997Brooks County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 1997, 1:14 PM EDT for Brooks County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 3, 1997, 1:14 PM EDT (17:14 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 1997, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Brooks County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 3, 1:50 PM EDTThunderstorm WindMorven, GASeveral trees were blown down.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 3, 12:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 85 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 1997-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1409 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 1997-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
1409 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
507 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

313 
WUUS1 KTLH 031716 RRA
SVRTLH
GAC027-031800-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
114 PM EDT SAT MAY 3 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...BROOKS COUNTY
 
AT 110 PM EDT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
ENTERING SOUTHWEST BROOKS COUNTY BETWEEN GROVERVILLE AND DIXIE. THIS
STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL PASS JUST NORTHWEST OF
QUITMAN. LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
 
 
DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING
ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG
BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. A MOBILE HOME IS NOT A SAFE REFUGE FROM A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...MOVE TO A MORE SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING.

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.