Severe Thunderstorm Warning 592, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Jun 5, 1998, 7:31 AM EDT (11:31 UTC)

Expired

Jun 5, 1998, 8:20 AM EDT

In force

49 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Floyd County, GA, Polk County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

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GAC115-233-051220-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
731 AM EDT FRI JUN 5 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA
  POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 820 AM EDT

* AT 730 AM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LINDALE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
   LINDALE                     AROUND 740 AM EDT
   ROME                        AROUND 745 AM EDT
   FISH CREEK                  AROUND 745 AM EDT
   SENEY                       AROUND 745 AM EDT
   ROCKMART                    AROUND 750 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.


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In the hours before

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
091>098-103>113-051615-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
605 AM EDT FRI JUN 5 1998

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME NORTH
GEORGIA TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS GENERALLY
NORTH OF A CLARKSVILLE TO DAHLONEGA TO JASPER TO ROME LINE.

A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY PERSISTS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS
MORNING. MEANWHILE A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS SOUTH OF THE
BOUNDARY. FAST MOVING UPPER AIR FEATURES WILL TRIGGER THE DEVELOPMENT
OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA TODAY. SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS ELSEWHERE OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. SEVERE STORMS TODAY AND THIS EVENING WILL
PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR ACTIVATION TODAY AND EMERGENCY
MANAGERS SHOULD MONITOR THIS SITUATION.

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
091>098-103>113-051615-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
605 AM EDT FRI JUN 5 1998

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME NORTH
GEORGIA TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS GENERALLY
NORTH OF A CLARKSVILLE TO DAHLONEGA TO JASPER TO ROME LINE.

A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY PERSISTS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS
MORNING. MEANWHILE A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS SOUTH OF THE
BOUNDARY. FAST MOVING UPPER AIR FEATURES WILL TRIGGER THE DEVELOPMENT
OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA TODAY. SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS ELSEWHERE OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. SEVERE STORMS TODAY AND THIS EVENING WILL
PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR ACTIVATION TODAY AND EMERGENCY
MANAGERS SHOULD MONITOR THIS SITUATION.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.