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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 323, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 3, 1998Emanuel County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 1998, 2:13 PM EDT for Emanuel County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 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
May 3, 1998, 2:13 PM EDT (18:13 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 1998, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Emanuel County, GA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 3, 2:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 218 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 1998-05-03Temperature 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 1998-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
-169 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1523 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 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.

037 
WUUS1 KATL 031815 RRA
SVRATL
GAC107-031900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
213 PM EDT SUN MAY 3 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EMANUEL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT

* AT 209 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SWAINSBORO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
  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.

GBB/KDF

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, May 3, 12:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1243 AM EDT SUN MAY 3 1998

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

1005 AM    SHARPSBURG                GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
5/3/98     COWETA                         REPORTED BY COWETA 911 ALONG
                                          TABBY LYNCH RD.

1200 PM    MACON                     GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
5/3/98     BIBB                           REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 9:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard35 min
May 3, 9:32 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta33 min
May 3, 10:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether35 min
May 3, 10:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSpalding49 min
May 3, 10:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar, Pike47 min
May 3, 11:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford36 min
May 3, 11:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb51 min
May 3, 12:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson, Washington35 min
May 3, 12:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilcox32 min
May 3, 1:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCToombs34 min
May 3, 3:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd62 min
May 3, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow32 min
May 3, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee48 min
May 3, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll34 min
May 3, 5:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton47 min
May 3, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd48 min
May 3, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion47 min
May 3, 5:35 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton35 min
May 3, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett50 min
May 3, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta34 min
May 3, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd36 min
May 3, 6:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWebster18 min
May 3, 6:13 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette37 min
May 3, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Schley, Webster35 min
May 3, 6:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow48 min
May 3, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGilmer33 min
May 3, 6:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMonroe37 min
May 3, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll33 min
May 3, 6:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston37 min
May 3, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper35 min
May 3, 6:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter34 min
May 3, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard37 min
May 3, 6:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Henry, Spalding49 min
May 3, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta49 min
May 3, 7:01 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCBleckley, Houston, Twiggs34 min
May 3, 7:03 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCMonroe37 min
May 3, 7:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLumpkin50 min
May 3, 7:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow34 min
May 3, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb33 min
May 3, 7:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Jasper51 min
May 3, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee50 min
May 3, 7:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones48 min
May 3, 7:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens32 min
May 3, 7:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkinson35 min
May 3, 7:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb48 min
May 3, 7:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall51 min
May 3, 7:47 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCJasper, Monroe33 min
May 3, 7:50 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCJones35 min
May 3, 7:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton48 min
May 3, 7:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSpalding47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.