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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 615, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 5, 1998Dodge County, Telfair County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1998, 7:44 PM EDT for Dodge County, Telfair County, Georgia. It was in force for 66 min. 1 report 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, 7:44 PM EDT (23:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1998, 8:50 PM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dodge County, GA, Telfair County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 5, 7:50 PM EDTThunderstorm WindEastman, GAA newspaper reported thunderstorm winds took part of the roof off of a bank and tore a hangar door from an aircraft shop at Georgia Technical Institute.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 5, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 200 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1998-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1574 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1998-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 192 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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.

308 
WUUS1 KATL 052345 RRA
SVRATL
GAC091-175-271-319-060050-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DODGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  LAURENS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  TELFAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WILKINSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 850 PM EDT

* AT 743 PM EDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS FROM JEFFERSONVILLE TO EASTMAN TO 10 MILES EAST OF
  ABBEVILLE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.


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.

BDL/VSW

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, 3 hours 48 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, 3 hours 48 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.

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 4, 10:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Toombs20 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, 7:53 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.