Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 552, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1998, 6:31 AM EDT for Murray 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
- Jun 2, 1998, 6:31 AM EDT (10:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1998, 7:20 AM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Murray County, GA
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 5:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 159 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1896 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1533 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 021031 RRA SVRATL GAC213-021120- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 631 AM EDT TUE JUN 2 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN MURRAY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA * UNTIL 720 AM EDT * AT 630 AM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR 8 MILES NORTH OF TENNGA MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... GREGORY AROUND 640 AM EDT TENNGA AROUND 640 AM EDT CISCO AROUND 640 AM EDT WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...LIGHTNING POSES A SERIOUS DANGER. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES...UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. IF BOATING OR SWIMMING...GET TO LAND QUICKLY AND FIND SHELTER. IF IN THE OPEN FIND A LOW SPOT AWAY FROM TREES...FENCES...AND POLES. 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. BL/ML
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, Jun 2, 4:45 AM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-021500- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 445 AM EDT TUE JUN 2 1998 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA ALONG AND NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM ROME TO ATHENS TO SAVANNAH TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES WILL MOVE TO THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS TONIGHT. A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS CONTINUES OVER THE STATE. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES CONTINUE TO MOVE RAPIDLY IN THE JETSTREAM FLOW OVER THE NORTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE U.S. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS BUT ONE CAN NOT RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A TORNADO. SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION TODAY. EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION. BDL
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 4:45 AM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-021500- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 445 AM EDT TUE JUN 2 1998 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA ALONG AND NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM ROME TO ATHENS TO SAVANNAH TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES WILL MOVE TO THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS TONIGHT. A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS CONTINUES OVER THE STATE. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES CONTINUE TO MOVE RAPIDLY IN THE JETSTREAM FLOW OVER THE NORTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE U.S. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS BUT ONE CAN NOT RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A TORNADO. SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION TODAY. EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION. BDL
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.