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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 281, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 23, 1998Baldwin County, Jones County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 1998, 5:32 PM EDT for Baldwin County, Jones County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 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 23, 1998, 5:32 PM EDT (21:32 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 1998, 6:20 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Baldwin County, GA, Jones County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 315 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 1998-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 1998-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
810 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 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 232132 RRA
SVRATL
GAC009-169-232220-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
532 PM EDT THU APR 23 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHEASTERN JONES COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 620 PM EDT

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
   HADDOCK                     AROUND 545 PM EDT
   BROWNS CROSSING             AROUND 555 PM EDT

* AT 530 PM EDT...  6 MILES WEST OF MERIWETHER... A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR... MOVING SOUTHEAST
  10 MPH.



DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE
AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. BOATERS...GOLFERS...
AND OTHERS INVOLVED IN OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES SHOULD SEEK SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY. 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.


TWM/WS

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 23, 4:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
418 PM EDT THU APR 23 1998

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

407 PM     SOCIAL CIRCLE             GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/23/98    WALTON                         REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC.

408 PM     SOCIAL CIRCLE             GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
4/23/98    WALTON                         REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC.

407 PM     SOCIAL CIRCLE             GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/23/98    WALTON                         DIME SIZE HAIL COVERING THE
                                          GROUND. REPORTED BY THE
                                          PUBLIC.

KDF
Local storm report, Apr 23, 4:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
418 PM EDT THU APR 23 1998

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

407 PM     SOCIAL CIRCLE             GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/23/98    WALTON                         REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC.

408 PM     SOCIAL CIRCLE             GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
4/23/98    WALTON                         REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC.

407 PM     SOCIAL CIRCLE             GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/23/98    WALTON                         DIME SIZE HAIL COVERING THE
                                          GROUND. REPORTED BY THE
                                          PUBLIC.

KDF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 3:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Twiggs33 min
Apr 23, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan, Walton49 min
Apr 23, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Twiggs32 min
Apr 23, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPeach36 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.