Severe Thunderstorm Warning 683, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Jun 16, 1998, 6:06 PM EDT (22:06 UTC)

Expired

Jun 16, 1998, 6:40 PM EDT

In force

34 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Clarke County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
606 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 640 PM EDT

* AT 606 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  9 MILES WEST OF LEXINGTON MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

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



WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...LIGHTNING POSES A SERIOUS
DANGER. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES...UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. IF BOATING OR
SWIMMING...GET TO LAND QUICKLY AND FIND SHELTER. IF IN THE OPEN
FIND A LOW SPOT AWAY FROM TREES...FENCES...AND POLES. 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.

In the hours before

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NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1241 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 1998

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

A WEAK COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM EASTERN TENESSEE INTO NORTHERN
ALABAMA COMBINED WITH AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER GEORGIA WILL CONTINUE
TO AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE STATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH
THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER
DEVELOPMENTS AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON OR
EVENING.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.