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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 591, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 4, 1998Emanuel County, Toombs County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1998, 10:20 PM EDT for Emanuel County, Toombs County, Georgia. It was in force for 20 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 4, 1998, 10:20 PM EDT (02:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1998, 10:40 PM EDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Emanuel County, GA, Toombs County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 215 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 1998-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 853 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 1998-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
853 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1960 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

606 
WUUS1 KATL 050221 RRA
SVRATL
GAC107-279-050240-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1020 PM EDT THU JUN 4 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN EMANUEL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHERN TOOMBS IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1040 PM EDT

* AT 1019 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  6 MILES NORTHEAST OF OHOOPEE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.




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.


15/99

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, Jun 4, 6:02 PM EDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
602 PM EDT THU JUN 4 1998

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

255 PM     1 N CARTERSVILLE          GA   WIND DAMAGE
6/4/98     BARTOW

220 PM     2 W WHITE                 GA   0.75 inch hail
6/4/98     BARTOW

335 PM     3 W ROME                  GA   0.75 inch hail
6/4/98     FLOYD

340 PM     LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN          GA   0.75 inch hail
6/4/98     WALKER

440 PM     NEAR WOODSTOCK            GA   WIND DAMAGE
6/4/98     CHEROKEE                       BIG TREE BROKE OFF 3 FT ABOVE

443 PM     WOODSTOCK                 GA   1.00 inch hail
6/4/98     CHEROKEE                       WIND ESTIMATED 60-70 MPH AND

450 PM     3 W ROSWELL               GA   1.75 inch hail
6/4/98     FULTON

524 PM     3 S POWDER SPRINGS        GA   0.75 inch hail
6/4/98     COBB

532 PM     DOBBINS ARB               GA   58 MPH TSTM GUST
6/4/98     COBB

453 PM     ROCKMONT                  GA   1.75 inch hail
6/4/98     POLK

510 PM     WOODSTOCK                 GA   WIND DAMAGE
6/4/98     CHEROKEE                       1 LARGE TREE DOWN, SCREENS DA

535 PM     SANDY SPRINGS             GA   1.00 inch hail
6/4/98     FULTON

605 PM     DULUTH                    GA   0.75 inch hail
6/4/98     GWINNETT
Local storm report, Jun 4, 6:02 PM EDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
602 PM EDT THU JUN 4 1998

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

255 PM     1 N CARTERSVILLE          GA   WIND DAMAGE
6/4/98     BARTOW

220 PM     2 W WHITE                 GA   0.75 inch hail
6/4/98     BARTOW

335 PM     3 W ROME                  GA   0.75 inch hail
6/4/98     FLOYD

340 PM     LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN          GA   0.75 inch hail
6/4/98     WALKER

440 PM     NEAR WOODSTOCK            GA   WIND DAMAGE
6/4/98     CHEROKEE                       BIG TREE BROKE OFF 3 FT ABOVE

443 PM     WOODSTOCK                 GA   1.00 inch hail
6/4/98     CHEROKEE                       WIND ESTIMATED 60-70 MPH AND

450 PM     3 W ROSWELL               GA   1.75 inch hail
6/4/98     FULTON

524 PM     3 S POWDER SPRINGS        GA   0.75 inch hail
6/4/98     COBB

532 PM     DOBBINS ARB               GA   58 MPH TSTM GUST
6/4/98     COBB

453 PM     ROCKMONT                  GA   1.75 inch hail
6/4/98     POLK

510 PM     WOODSTOCK                 GA   WIND DAMAGE
6/4/98     CHEROKEE                       1 LARGE TREE DOWN, SCREENS DA

535 PM     SANDY SPRINGS             GA   1.00 inch hail
6/4/98     FULTON

605 PM     DULUTH                    GA   0.75 inch hail
6/4/98     GWINNETT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 8:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Henry34 min
Jun 4, 8:08 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCClayton, Henry22 min
Jun 4, 8:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Newton34 min
Jun 4, 8:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper34 min
Jun 4, 8:45 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCButts, Jasper35 min
Jun 4, 9:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Putnam49 min
Jun 4, 9:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens36 min
Jun 4, 9:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Heard35 min
Jun 4, 9:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Johnson, Treutlen33 min
Jun 4, 9:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta35 min
Jun 4, 9:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock35 min
Jun 4, 9:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington32 min
Jun 5, 7:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Polk49 min
Jun 5, 8:20 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Haralson, Paulding40 min
Jun 5, 8:35 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas, Fulton35 min
Jun 5, 8:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette32 min
Jun 5, 9:03 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Pike, Spalding32 min
Jun 5, 3:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair36 min
Jun 5, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Troup49 min
Jun 5, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Webster49 min
Jun 5, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Talbot49 min
Jun 5, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Troup34 min
Jun 5, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Polk47 min
Jun 5, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon, Schley, Taylor65 min
Jun 5, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Upson65 min
Jun 5, 6:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp34 min
Jun 5, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilcox50 min
Jun 5, 6:55 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCTalbot35 min
Jun 5, 7:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Houston, Peach61 min
Jun 5, 7:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar, Monroe61 min
Jun 5, 7:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPike61 min
Jun 5, 7:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly32 min
Jun 5, 7:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPulaski, Wilcox48 min
Jun 5, 7:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Twiggs48 min
Jun 5, 7:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMurray, Whitfield51 min
Jun 5, 7:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens, Wilkinson66 min
Jun 5, 7:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Telfair66 min
Jun 5, 7:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin47 min
Jun 5, 7:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCUnion47 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.