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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 211, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 17, 1998Dawson County, Lumpkin County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 1998, 1:54 AM EDT for Dawson County, Lumpkin County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 17, 1998, 1:54 AM EDT (05:54 UTC)
Expired
Apr 17, 1998, 2:25 AM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dawson County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 16, 10:15 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 132 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 1998-04-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1217 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 1998-04-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 280 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1217 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
573 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
280 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
368 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.0
Supercell composite
10.6

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The text

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

151 
WUUS1 KATL 170555 RRA
SVRATL
GAC085-187-170625-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
154 AM EDT FRI APR 17 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DAWSON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA
  LUMPKIN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 225 AM EDT

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
   DAWSONVILLE                 AROUND 155 AM EDT
   NIMBLEWILL                  AROUND 155 AM EDT
   AURARIA                     AROUND 200 AM EDT
   DAHLONEGA                   AROUND 200 AM EDT
   PORTER SPRINGS              AROUND 200 AM EDT
   GARLAND                     AROUND 205 AM EDT

* AT 150 AM EDT...  6 MILES WEST OF JUNO... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR... MOVING EAST 55 MPH.



A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT IN OR NEAR THE WARNED AREA.
REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE
ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF YOU EXPERIENCE
STORM DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES OR TREES...OR HAIL THE SIZE OF DIMES
OR LARGER...PLEASE REPORT IT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING 770-486-8535.


MSS/MRR

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 16, 11:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1116 PM EDT THU APR 16 1998

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1054 PM    TRENTON                   GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/16/98    DADE                           DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

1106 PM    TRENTON                   GA   60 MPH TSTM GUST
4/16/98    DADE                           SPOTTER REPORTED 60 MPH WINDS
Local storm report, Apr 16, 11:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1116 PM EDT THU APR 16 1998

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1054 PM    TRENTON                   GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/16/98    DADE                           DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

1106 PM    TRENTON                   GA   60 MPH TSTM GUST
4/16/98    DADE                           SPOTTER REPORTED 60 MPH WINDS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 10:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade33 min
Apr 16, 11:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Walker32 min
Apr 16, 11:20 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCatoosa, Walker35 min
Apr 16, 11:33 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd32 min
Apr 16, 11:57 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCFloyd18 min
Apr 17, 12:13 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCBartow47 min
Apr 17, 12:41 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCCherokee, Pickens49 min
Apr 17, 12:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Union32 min
Apr 17, 1:04 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCDawson, Lumpkin51 min
Apr 17, 1:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGordon, Pickens46 min
Apr 17, 1:32 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall33 min
Apr 17, 2:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall, White48 min
Apr 17, 3:02 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCCherokee, Pickens33 min
Apr 17, 3:22 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCLumpkin, White4 hr
Apr 17, 3:22 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDawson4 hr
Apr 17, 5:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Forsyth34 min
Apr 17, 7:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Schley35 min
Apr 17, 7:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon36 min
Apr 17, 7:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSchley21 min
Apr 17, 8:20 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston, Peach35 min
Apr 17, 8:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Twiggs36 min
Apr 17, 8:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkinson33 min
Apr 17, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion32 min
Apr 17, 5:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Jones34 min
Apr 17, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon, Marion, Schley48 min
Apr 17, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston, Macon34 min
Apr 17, 6:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Crawford33 min
Apr 17, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSchley36 min
Apr 17, 6:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Twiggs45 min
Apr 17, 7:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkinson35 min
Apr 17, 7:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington49 min
Apr 17, 7:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkinson18 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.