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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 515, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 18, 1998Greene County, Taliaferro County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1998, 3:48 PM EDT for Greene County, Taliaferro County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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
May 18, 1998, 3:48 PM EDT (19:48 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 1998, 4:20 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Greene County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 18, 4:00 PM EDTHail 1White Plains, GAThe sheriff's office in White Plains reported nickel to quarter size hail.

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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 1998-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1314 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 1998-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -45 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1314 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
919 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.8

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The text

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

882 
WUUS1 KATL 181947 RRA
SVRATL
GAC133-265-182020-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
348 PM EDT MON MAY 18 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA
  WESTERN TALIAFERRO COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 420 PM EDT

* AT 346 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  1 MILE NORTHEAST OF WHITE PLAINS MOVING SOUTH AT LESS THAN
  5 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.

MSS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 4:19 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCGreene, Hancock, Taliaferro61 min
May 18, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Hancock, Taliaferro61 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.