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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 271, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 22, 1998Bartow County, Cherokee County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 1998, 5:29 PM EDT for Bartow County, Cherokee County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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
Apr 22, 1998, 5:29 PM EDT (21:29 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 1998, 6:05 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bartow County, GA, Cherokee County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 22, 5:35 PM EDTHail 0.88Waleska, GAPublic reports indicated dime to nickel size hail.

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 nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 229 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 1998-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 1998-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
900 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 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 222129 RRA
SVRATL
GAC015-057-222205-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
529 PM EDT WED APR 22 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BARTOW COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA
  WESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 605 PM EDT


* AT 527 PM EDT...  7 MILES WEST OF WALESKA... A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR... MOVING SOUTHEAST
  15 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.

WRS

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, 8:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Telfair, Wheeler63 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, 5:38 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

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.