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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 620, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 5, 1998Washington County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1998, 8:36 PM EDT for Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 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 5, 1998, 8:36 PM EDT (00:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1998, 9:25 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Washington County, GA

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

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 261 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 1998-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2380 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 1998-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 169 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
2380 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1022 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

632 
WUUS1 KATL 060037 RRA
SVRATL
GAC107-167-209-283-303-309-060125-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EMANUEL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHERN MONTGOMERY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  TREUTLEN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHERN WHEELER COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 925 PM EDT

* AT 834 PM EDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF IRWINTON TO 3 MILES EAST OF
  DUBLIN TO MCRAE MOVING EAST AT 20 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/MPM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 8:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Jackson49 min
Jun 5, 8:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Johnson, Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler49 min
Jun 5, 9:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCToombs51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.