Case Study 010"Southeastern
US Severe Weather"
27 May 1997
Case Summary
This case covers a wide range of convective weather extending from Texas and Oklahoma to Tennesee and Alabama. During this time period a tornado touched down in Jarrell, TX and squall lines, bow echoes and other MCS were observed over the southeastern US. This data was used in the COMET teletraining Anticipating Storm Evolution: A Case Study Exercise.
The National
Weather Service in Jacksonville, FL has summarized the severe weather that affected
southern Georgia and
northern Florida on this day. The interaction of the thunderstorms that developed with the
east and west coast sea breezes caused severe thunderstorms to occur. Their summary page
includes products that were issued on that day.