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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 511, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 10, 1998Harris County, Troup County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 1998, 8:19 AM EDT for Harris County, Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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, 8:19 AM EDT (12:19 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 1998, 8:55 AM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Harris County, GA, Troup County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 69 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 12:00Z on 1998-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 619 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1998-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 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
619 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
545 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KATL 101219 RRA
SVRATL
GAC145-285-101255-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HARRIS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHERN TROUP COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 855 AM EDT

* AT 818 AM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LONG CANE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
   ABBOTTSFORD                 AROUND 825 AM EDT
   LA GRANGE                   AROUND 835 AM EDT
   MOUNTVILLE                  AROUND 840 AM EDT
   LOUISE                      AROUND 840 AM EDT



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.

VW/SBL

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, 5:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOconee, Walton49 min
May 10, 5:51 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Morgan49 min
May 10, 6:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaliaferro, Wilkes35 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

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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.