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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 508, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 10, 1998Oconee County, Walton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 1998, 5:06 AM EDT for Oconee County, Walton County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 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 10, 1998, 5:06 AM EDT (09:06 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 1998, 5:55 AM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Oconee County, GA, Walton County, GA

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 10, 12:30 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 98 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 1998-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 37 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 1998-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 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
37 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-470 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1589 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
145 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 100906 RRA
SVRATL
GAC219-297-100955-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
506 AM EDT SUN MAY 10 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  OCONEE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA
  WALTON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 555 AM EDT

* AT 504 AM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  9 MILES WEST OF EASTVILLE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
   EASTVILLE                   AROUND 515 AM EDT
   BOGART                      AROUND 515 AM EDT
   FARMINGTON                  AROUND 520 AM EDT
   BISHOP                      AROUND 520 AM EDT
   WATKINSVILLE                AROUND 525 AM EDT



A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT IN OR NEAR THE WARNED AREA.
REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE
ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. 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.

PAH/BDL

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 10, 1:34 AM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
134 AM EDT SAT MAY 10 1998

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

1150 PM    FELTON                    GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
5/9/98     POLK                           REPORTED BY HAM

1153 PM    FISH CREEK                GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
5/9/98     POLK                           REPORTED BY HAM

1230 AM    4 SE CARTERSVILLE         GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
5/10/98    BARTOW                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC

1250 AM    BROOKHAVEN                GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
5/10/98    FULTON                         ALONG CHAMBLEE ROAD

1250 AM    VININGS                   GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
5/10/98    COBB                           REPORTED BY PUBLIC

1255 AM    SANDY SPRINGS             GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
5/10/98    FULTON                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC

1250 AM    SANDY SPRINGS             GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
5/10/98    FULTON                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC

105 AM     DUNWOODY                  GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
5/10/98    DEKALB                         REPORTED BY PUBLC

108 AM     NORCROSS                  GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
5/10/98    GWINNETT                       REPORTED BY PUBLC

110 AM     8 SW CUMMING              GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
5/10/98    FORSYTH                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC

134 AM     PALMETTO                  GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
5/10/98    FULTON                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC
Local storm report, May 10, 1:34 AM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
134 AM EDT SAT MAY 10 1998

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

1150 PM    FELTON                    GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
5/9/98     POLK                           REPORTED BY HAM

1153 PM    FISH CREEK                GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
5/9/98     POLK                           REPORTED BY HAM

1230 AM    4 SE CARTERSVILLE         GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
5/10/98    BARTOW                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC

1250 AM    BROOKHAVEN                GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
5/10/98    FULTON                         ALONG CHAMBLEE ROAD

1250 AM    VININGS                   GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
5/10/98    COBB                           REPORTED BY PUBLIC

1255 AM    SANDY SPRINGS             GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
5/10/98    FULTON                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC

1250 AM    SANDY SPRINGS             GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
5/10/98    FULTON                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC

105 AM     DUNWOODY                  GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
5/10/98    DEKALB                         REPORTED BY PUBLC

108 AM     NORCROSS                  GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
5/10/98    GWINNETT                       REPORTED BY PUBLC

110 AM     8 SW CUMMING              GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
5/10/98    FORSYTH                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC

134 AM     PALMETTO                  GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
5/10/98    FULTON                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC
Special weather statement, May 10, 4:10 AM EDT, 56 minutes before
GAZ011>015-019-020-030-100830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
410 AM EDT SUN MAY 10 1998

THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTH GEORGIA...

CHATTOOGA...GORDON...PICKENS...DAWSON...LUMPKIN...
FLOYD...BARTOW AND POLK. THE WATCH CONTINUES SOUTHEAST OF THIS AREA.

BDL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 12:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Paulding, Polk36 min
May 10, 12:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb35 min
May 10, 12:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Fulton33 min
May 10, 12:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll35 min
May 10, 12:51 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett34 min
May 10, 12:51 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth34 min
May 10, 1:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas, Fulton52 min
May 10, 1:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Hall, Jackson33 min
May 10, 2:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Fulton32 min
May 10, 3:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPaulding35 min
May 10, 3:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson, Polk36 min
May 10, 3:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Fulton35 min
May 10, 4:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb34 min
May 10, 4:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett32 min
May 10, 5:51 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Morgan49 min
May 10, 6:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaliaferro, Wilkes35 min
May 10, 8:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Troup36 min
May 10, 9:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWhite20 min
May 10, 12:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson, Washington35 min
May 10, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkes33 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.