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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 244, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 19, 1998Jones County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 1998, 1:35 PM EDT for Jones County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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 19, 1998, 1:35 PM EDT (17:35 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 1998, 2:10 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Jones County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 12:00Z on 1998-04-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 227 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 12:00Z on 1998-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 121 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
227 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
515 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
221 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

729 
WUUS1 KATL 191736 RRA
SVRATL
GAC169-191810-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
135 PM EDT SUN APR 19 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  JONES COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 210 PM EDT

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
   HADDOCK                     AROUND 145 PM EDT

* AT 133 PM EDT...  6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRISWOLDVILLE... A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR... MOVING NORTHEAST
  45 MPH.



SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. 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.


MPM/KM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 18, 8:42 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCDade33 min
Apr 18, 8:50 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCatoosa, Walker50 min
Apr 18, 9:40 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCWalker, Whitfield35 min
Apr 18, 10:16 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCFloyd34 min
Apr 18, 10:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGordon35 min
Apr 18, 11:03 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCGordon32 min
Apr 18, 11:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCWhitfield2 hr
Apr 19, 1:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Houston, Twiggs33 min
Apr 19, 1:46 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCJones, Twiggs34 min
Apr 19, 1:46 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCBaldwin34 min
Apr 19, 2:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Hancock35 min
Apr 19, 2:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock, Warren31 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.