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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 621, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 5, 1998Toombs County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1998, 9:04 PM EDT for Toombs County, Georgia. It was in force for 51 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, 9:04 PM EDT (01:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1998, 9:55 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Toombs 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

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 190 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 1998-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 867 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 1998-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 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
867 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1790 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

758 
WUUS1 KATL 060105 RRA
SVRATL
GAC279-060155-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TOOMBS IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 955 PM EDT

* AT 903 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  7 MILES NORTHEAST OF OHOOPEE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.


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.

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, 8:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington49 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.