Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 636, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1998, 1:36 PM EDT for Fannin County, Gilmer 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 10, 1998, 1:36 PM EDT (17:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 1998, 2:25 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fannin County, GA, Gilmer County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 157 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1817 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 698 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
399 WUUS1 KATL 101738 RRA SVRATL GAC111-123-101825- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 136 PM EDT WED JUN 10 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... FANNIN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA GILMER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA * UNTIL 225 PM EDT * AT 134 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OASIS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... OASIS AROUND 150 PM EDT ELLIJAY AROUND 155 PM EDT HIGDON AROUND 155 PM EDT CHERRY LOG AROUND 205 PM EDT BLUE RIDGE AROUND 215 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.
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
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 11:06 AM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-074>076-085-086- 102100- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1106 AM EDT WED JUN 10 1998 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF NORTH AND EASTERN GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE RISK AREA IS GENERALLY NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM FRANKLIN IN HEARD COUNTY... TO EATONTON IN PUTNAM COUNTY...TO SWAINSBORO IN EMANUEL COUNTY. THIS AREA INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ROME...BLAIRSVILLE...ATLANTA...ATHENS... AND SWAINSBORO. A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY WILL PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. A FEW OF THESE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES MAY MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER MOST OF GEORGIA. WEATHER SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION LATER THIS AFTERNOON. ALSO... EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR ANY FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS THAT MAY BE ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. 66
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 11:06 AM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-074>076-085-086- 102100- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1106 AM EDT WED JUN 10 1998 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF NORTH AND EASTERN GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE RISK AREA IS GENERALLY NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM FRANKLIN IN HEARD COUNTY... TO EATONTON IN PUTNAM COUNTY...TO SWAINSBORO IN EMANUEL COUNTY. THIS AREA INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ROME...BLAIRSVILLE...ATLANTA...ATHENS... AND SWAINSBORO. A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY WILL PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. A FEW OF THESE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES MAY MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER MOST OF GEORGIA. WEATHER SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION LATER THIS AFTERNOON. ALSO... EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR ANY FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS THAT MAY BE ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. 66
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 8:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Paulding | 50 min |
| Jun 9, 8:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Douglas | 51 min |
| Jun 9, 8:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 49 min |
| Jun 9, 9:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 48 min |
| Jun 9, 9:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan | 49 min |
| Jun 9, 9:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Douglas, Fulton | 35 min |
| Jun 9, 9:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Putnam | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Whitfield | 32 min |
| Jun 10, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin | 33 min |
| Jun 10, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pickens | 33 min |
| Jun 10, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 31 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.