Severe Thunderstorm Warning 596, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Jun 5, 1998, 9:03 AM EDT (13:03 UTC)

Expired

Jun 5, 1998, 9:35 AM EDT

In force

32 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Meriwether County, GA, Pike County, GA, Spalding County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:07 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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WUUS1 KATL 051304 RRA
SVRATL
GAC199-231-255-051335-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MERIWETHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SPALDING COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 935 AM EDT

* AT 901 AM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  9 MILES NORTH OF LUTHERSVILLE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
   LUTHERSVILLE                AROUND 905 AM EDT
   HOLLONVILLE                 AROUND 925 AM EDT
   GRIFFIN                     AROUND 925 AM EDT
   CONCORD                     AROUND 930 AM EDT
   ZEBULON                     AROUND 935 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.

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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.