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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 635, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 9, 1998Putnam County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1998, 9:52 PM EDT for Putnam County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 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, 9:52 PM EDT (01:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1998, 10:40 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Putnam County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 00:00Z on 1998-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1297 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1998-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 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
1297 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1250 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
6.6

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The text

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

525 
WUUS1 KATL 100154 RRA
SVRATL
GAC237-100240-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1040 PM EDT

* AT 951 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  7 MILES WEST OF ROCK EAGLE 4-H CENTER MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
  30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
   ROCK EAGLE 4-H CENTER       AROUND 1000 PM EDT
   RUDDEN                      AROUND 1005 PM EDT
   WILLARD                     AROUND 1005 PM EDT
   EATONTON                    AROUND 1010 PM EDT
   WARFIELD                    AROUND 1015 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

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 9, 9:50 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
950 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 1998

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

330 PM     BLAIRSVILLE               GA   WIND DAMAGE
6/9/98     UNION                          UNION 911 REPORTED TWO
                                          TREES DOWN

610 PM     1S NEESE                  GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
6/9/98     MADISON                        PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER
                                          SIZE HAIL NEAR HWY 106

745 PM     ROME                      GA   WIND DAMAGE
6/9/98     FLOYD                          FLOYD 911 REPORTED TREES
                                          DOWN

847 PM     3S DALLAS                 GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
6/9/98     PAULDING                       PUBLIC REPORTED NICKEL SIZE
                                          HAIL

850 PM     NEW GEORGIA               GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
6/9/98     PAULDING                       REPORTED BY PUBLIC

900 PM     2N VILLA RICA             GA   1.75 INCH HAIL
6/9/98     DOUGLAS                        REPORTED NEAR HWY 61
Local storm report, Jun 9, 9:50 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
950 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 1998

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

330 PM     BLAIRSVILLE               GA   WIND DAMAGE
6/9/98     UNION                          UNION 911 REPORTED TWO
                                          TREES DOWN

610 PM     1S NEESE                  GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
6/9/98     MADISON                        PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER
                                          SIZE HAIL NEAR HWY 106

745 PM     ROME                      GA   WIND DAMAGE
6/9/98     FLOYD                          FLOYD 911 REPORTED TREES
                                          DOWN

847 PM     3S DALLAS                 GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
6/9/98     PAULDING                       PUBLIC REPORTED NICKEL SIZE
                                          HAIL

850 PM     NEW GEORGIA               GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
6/9/98     PAULDING                       REPORTED BY PUBLIC

900 PM     2N VILLA RICA             GA   1.75 INCH HAIL
6/9/98     DOUGLAS                        REPORTED NEAR HWY 61

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 8:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPaulding50 min
Jun 9, 8:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas51 min
Jun 9, 8:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson49 min
Jun 9, 9:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll48 min
Jun 9, 9:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan49 min
Jun 9, 9:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas, Fulton35 min
Jun 10, 1:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer49 min
Jun 10, 2:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Whitfield32 min
Jun 10, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Walker48 min
Jun 10, 3:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Lumpkin33 min
Jun 10, 3:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPickens33 min
Jun 10, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton, Rockdale31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.