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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 540, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 30, 1998Laurens County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 1998, 2:12 PM EDT for Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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 30, 1998, 2:12 PM EDT (18:12 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 1998, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Laurens County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 1998-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 395 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 1998-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
395 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
826 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
8 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.

651 
WUUS1 KATL 301810 RRA
SVRATL
GAC175-301845-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
212 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN LAURENS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 245 PM EDT

* AT 211 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DUDLEY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 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.

MR/WRS

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

Special weather statement, May 30, 12:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
091>098-103>113-DDHHMM-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
108 PM EDT FRI MAY 29 1998

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

A STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS THE CAROLINAS AND TENNESSEE WILL BE THE
FOCUS OF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON. A MODERATELY MOIST
AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS SOUTH OF THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
STATE AS A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION LATER TODAY.
EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 8:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson, Washington36 min
May 29, 9:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson35 min
May 30, 11:55 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCLaurens60 min
May 30, 12:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTreutlen32 min
May 30, 12:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel33 min
May 30, 12:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock, Taliaferro33 min
May 30, 12:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Toombs34 min
May 30, 1:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington, Wilkinson34 min
May 30, 1:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel48 min
May 30, 1:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Toombs, Treutlen47 min
May 30, 1:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Jefferson, Washington32 min
May 30, 2:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson31 min
May 30, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston34 min
May 30, 3:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPeach33 min
May 30, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Telfair, Wheeler35 min
May 30, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly32 min
May 30, 4:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion35 min
May 30, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp35 min
May 30, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup34 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.