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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 261, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 21, 1998Montgomery County, Telfair County, Wheeler County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 21, 1998, 8:52 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Telfair County, Wheeler County, Georgia. It was in force for 63 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 21, 1998, 8:52 PM EDT (00:52 UTC)
Expired
Apr 21, 1998, 9:55 PM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Montgomery County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Wheeler County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 201 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 1998-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 1998-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1057 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 220052 RRA
SVRATL
GAC209-271-309-220155-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
852 PM EDT TUE APR 21 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MONTGOMERY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  EASTERN TELFAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WHEELER COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 955 PM EDT

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
   TOWNS                       AROUND 905 PM EDT
   LUMBER CITY                 AROUND 920 PM EDT

* AT 851 PM EDT...  5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOWNS... A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR... MOVING EAST 10 MPH.



WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...LIGHTNING POSES A SERIOUS
DANGER. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES...UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. IF BOATING OR
SWIMMING...GET TO LAND QUICKLY AND FIND SHELTER. IF IN THE OPEN
FIND A LOW SvPOT AWAY FROM TREES...FENCES...AND POLES. 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.

WS/MPM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 21, 8:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin32 min
Apr 21, 8:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock35 min
Apr 21, 8:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington66 min
Apr 21, 9:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Jefferson66 min
Apr 21, 9:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Johnson, Treutlen66 min
Apr 22, 3:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPutnam33 min
Apr 22, 3:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Gwinnett, Walton47 min
Apr 22, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow33 min
Apr 22, 5:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Putnam32 min
Apr 22, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Warren32 min
Apr 22, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Oconee, Walton35 min
Apr 22, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson47 min
Apr 22, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee36 min
Apr 22, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPutnam37 min
Apr 22, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Jasper35 min
Apr 22, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper33 min
Apr 22, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Jones, Putnam48 min
Apr 22, 7:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin36 min
Apr 22, 7:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones36 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.