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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 602, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 5, 1998Floyd County, Polk County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1998, 6:28 PM EDT for Floyd County, Polk County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 5, 1998, 6:28 PM EDT (22:28 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 1998, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Floyd County, GA, Polk County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 5, 6:30 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Cedartown, GA	Polk county 911 reported numerous trees were knocked down.
Jun 5, 6:45 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome, GA	Floyd county 911 reported numerous trees were blown down in Rome and across Floyd county. The wind knocked trees across power lines, onto vehicles, and into homes across southern Floyd county. About 15 vehicles and 25 homes were damaged by winds that probably

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.

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 5, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 107 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1574 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 565 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 192 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.0
Supercell composite: 5.8

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The text

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

900 
WUUS1 KATL 052229 RRA
SVRATL

GAC115-233-052315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
628 PM 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 715 PM EDT

* AT 627 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  6 MILES WEST OF CEDARTOWN MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
   CEDARTOWN                   AROUND 635 PM EDT
   LINDALE                     AROUND 640 PM EDT
   FISH CREEK                  AROUND 640 PM EDT
   SENEY                       AROUND 645 PM EDT
   ROCKMART                    AROUND 645 PM EDT



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT IN OR NEAR THE WARNED
AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE
ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. 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.

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 5, 3:56 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
356 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 1998

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

830 AM     VILLA RICA                GA   WIND DAMAGE
6/5/98     CARROLL                        12 HOUSES AND OUTBUILDINGS
                                          WITH MINOR TO MODERATE DAMAGE
                                          SOME TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN.

830  AM    COUNTYWIDE                GA   WIND DAMAGE
6/5/98     HARALSON                       7 HOMES DAMAGED...3 MAJOR...
                                          2 MODERATE...2 MINOR. VEHICLE
                                          CRUSHED BY TREE. 10 ROADS
                                          BLOCKED BY TREES.

830 AM     DOUGLASVILLE              GA   WIND DAMAGE
6/5/98     DOUGLAS                        NWS SURVEY INDICATED APPROX
                                          100 HOMES DAMAGED...MOSTLY
                                          FROM NUMEROUS TREES FALLING.
                                          OTHERWISE DAMAGE MAINLY TO
                                          SHINGLES AND CHIMNEYS. WIND
                                          DAMAGE PATTERN OF TREES ALL
                                          LAYING TOWARD THE EAST
                                          INDICATES STRAIGHT-LINE/
                                          DOWNBURST WINDS.

Local storm report, Jun 5, 3:56 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
356 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 1998

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

830 AM     VILLA RICA                GA   WIND DAMAGE
6/5/98     CARROLL                        12 HOUSES AND OUTBUILDINGS
                                          WITH MINOR TO MODERATE DAMAGE
                                          SOME TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN.

830  AM    COUNTYWIDE                GA   WIND DAMAGE
6/5/98     HARALSON                       7 HOMES DAMAGED...3 MAJOR...
                                          2 MODERATE...2 MINOR. VEHICLE
                                          CRUSHED BY TREE. 10 ROADS
                                          BLOCKED BY TREES.

830 AM     DOUGLASVILLE              GA   WIND DAMAGE
6/5/98     DOUGLAS                        NWS SURVEY INDICATED APPROX
                                          100 HOMES DAMAGED...MOSTLY
                                          FROM NUMEROUS TREES FALLING.
                                          OTHERWISE DAMAGE MAINLY TO
                                          SHINGLES AND CHIMNEYS. WIND
                                          DAMAGE PATTERN OF TREES ALL
                                          LAYING TOWARD THE EAST
                                          INDICATES STRAIGHT-LINE/
                                          DOWNBURST WINDS.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 8:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Henry	34 min
Jun 4, 8:08 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Clayton, Henry	22 min
Jun 4, 8:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Newton	34 min
Jun 4, 8:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jasper	34 min
Jun 4, 8:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Butts, Jasper	35 min
Jun 4, 9:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Putnam	49 min
Jun 4, 9:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Laurens	36 min
Jun 4, 9:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Heard	35 min
Jun 4, 9:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Johnson, Treutlen	33 min
Jun 4, 9:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta	35 min
Jun 4, 9:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Hancock	35 min
Jun 4, 9:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Washington	32 min
Jun 4, 10:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Toombs	20 min
Jun 5, 7:31 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Floyd, Polk	49 min
Jun 5, 8:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Haralson, Paulding	40 min
Jun 5, 8:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Douglas, Fulton	35 min
Jun 5, 8:48 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta, Fayette	32 min
Jun 5, 9:03 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Meriwether, Pike, Spalding	32 min
Jun 5, 3:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Telfair	36 min
Jun 5, 5:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Troup	49 min
Jun 5, 6:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Marion, Webster	49 min
Jun 5, 6:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Meriwether, Talbot	49 min
Jun 5, 6:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Troup	34 min
Jun 5, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Macon, Schley, Taylor	65 min
Jun 5, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crawford, Upson	65 min
Jun 5, 6:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp	34 min
Jun 5, 6:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Wilcox	50 min
Jun 5, 6:55 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Talbot	35 min
Jun 5, 7:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Houston, Peach	61 min
Jun 5, 7:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Lamar, Monroe	61 min
Jun 5, 7:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Pike	61 min
Jun 5, 7:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dooly	32 min
Jun 5, 7:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Pulaski, Wilcox	48 min
Jun 5, 7:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Twiggs	48 min
Jun 5, 7:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Murray, Whitfield	51 min
Jun 5, 7:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Laurens, Wilkinson	66 min
Jun 5, 7:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dodge, Telfair	66 min
Jun 5, 7:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin	47 min
Jun 5, 7:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Union	47 min

Nearby

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Sources

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.