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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 283, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 30, 1998Dooly County, Houston County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 1998, 5:32 PM EDT for Dooly County, Houston County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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 30, 1998, 5:32 PM EDT (21:32 UTC)
Expired: Apr 30, 1998, 6:05 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Dooly County, GA, Houston County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 30, 5:50 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Bonaire, GA	Thunderstorm winds knocked several trees down and caused power outages.

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

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 138 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 592 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 222 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 242 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.

878 
WUUS1 KATL 302134 RRA
SVRATL
GAC093-153-302205-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
532 PM EDT THU APR 30 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DOOLY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  HOUSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 605 PM EDT

* AT 519 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  2 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOOLING MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
   BYROMVILLE                  AROUND 535 PM EDT
   FIVE POINTS                 AROUND 540 PM EDT



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 SPOT 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.

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 30, 12:50 PM EDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1250 PM EDT THU APR 30 1998

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

749 PM     EAST MACON                GA   0.75 inch hail
4/30/98    BIBB                           BIBB COUNTY 911 REPORTS DIME
                                          SIZE HAIL IN EAST MACON

1235 AM    SUNNYSIDE                 GA   0.75 inch hail
5/1/98     SPALDING                       PUBLIC REPORTS DIME TO
                                          NICKLE SIZE HAIL

1245 AM    HAMPTON                   GA   0.75 inch hail
5/1/98     HENRY                          HENRY COUNTY 911 REPORTS
                                          DIME SIZE HAIL

1240 AM    STARRS MILL               GA   0.75 inch hail
5/1/98     FAYETTE                        PUBLIC REPORTS DIME TO
                                          NICKLE SIZE HAIL IN SOUTH
                                          FAYETTE COUNTY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 30, 6:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Wilkinson	37 min
Apr 30, 6:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Macon, Peach	33 min
Apr 30, 7:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Washington	48 min
Apr 30, 7:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crawford, Macon, Peach	50 min
Apr 30, 7:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb	49 min
Apr 30, 7:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Twiggs	49 min
Apr 30, 7:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jefferson	36 min
Apr 30, 7:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jones	52 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1998 Every 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.