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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 637, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 10, 1998Catoosa County, Whitfield County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1998, 2:58 PM EDT for Catoosa County, Whitfield County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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, 2:58 PM EDT (18:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1998, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Catoosa County, GA, Whitfield County, GA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 10, 2:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 1998-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1817 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1998-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 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
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

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The text

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

778 
WUUS1 KATL 101900 RRA
SVRATL
GAC047-313-101930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
258 PM EDT WED JUN 10 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CATOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA
  WHITFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 330 PM EDT

* AT 257 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  7 MILES WEST OF MOUNT VERNON MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
   RINGGOLD                    AROUND 305 PM EDT
   MOUNT VERNON                AROUND 310 PM EDT
   TUNNEL HILL                 AROUND 310 PM EDT
   DALTON                      AROUND 320 PM EDT
   TILTON                      AROUND 320 PM EDT



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.

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, 3 hours 52 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.

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Special weather statement, Jun 10, 11:06 AM EDT, 3 hours 52 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.

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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 9, 9:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPutnam48 min
Jun 10, 1:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer49 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.