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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 624, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 9, 1998Oglethorpe County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1998, 6:08 PM EDT for Oglethorpe County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 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 9, 1998, 6:08 PM EDT (22:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1998, 6:55 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Oglethorpe County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 1998-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1998-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 205 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
986 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
205 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
221 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.

302 
WUUS1 KATL 092210 RRA
SVRATL
GAC221-092255-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
608 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  OGLETHORPE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 655 PM EDT

* AT 606 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  6 MILES WEST OF SMITHONIA MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
   SMITHONIA                   AROUND 615 PM EDT
   ARNOLDSVILLE                AROUND 620 PM EDT
   CRAWFORD                    AROUND 625 PM EDT
   SANDY CROSS                 AROUND 630 PM EDT
   LEXINGTON                   AROUND 630 PM EDT


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.

KDF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTowns, Union, White49 min
Jun 9, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJackson, Madison45 min
Jun 9, 6:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga47 min
Jun 9, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd48 min
Jun 9, 7:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPolk35 min
Jun 9, 7:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWarren33 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.