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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 686, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 16, 1998Upson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1998, 6:21 PM EDT for Upson County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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 16, 1998, 6:21 PM EDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1998, 6:55 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Upson County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 16, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 58 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 1998-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 87 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 1998-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
87 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-295 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1579 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 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.

595 
WUUS1 KATL 162220 RRA
SVRATL
GAC293-162255-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  UPSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 655 PM EDT

* AT 620 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOGTOWN MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.




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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 11:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard, Troup34 min
Jun 16, 12:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Meriwether48 min
Jun 16, 12:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll36 min
Jun 16, 12:20 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFayette35 min
Jun 16, 12:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas35 min
Jun 16, 12:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton49 min
Jun 16, 12:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Henry, Spalding48 min
Jun 16, 12:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Newton, Rockdale51 min
Jun 16, 1:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMonroe36 min
Jun 16, 1:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper34 min
Jun 16, 1:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett50 min
Jun 16, 1:20 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones50 min
Jun 16, 1:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan, Walton48 min
Jun 16, 1:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPutnam47 min
Jun 16, 1:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOconee49 min
Jun 16, 1:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks49 min
Jun 16, 1:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Oconee50 min
Jun 16, 1:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin48 min
Jun 16, 1:51 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene49 min
Jun 16, 2:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Jackson49 min
Jun 16, 2:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOglethorpe49 min
Jun 16, 2:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaliaferro, Wilkes50 min
Jun 16, 2:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard51 min
Jun 16, 2:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard47 min
Jun 16, 3:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup49 min
Jun 16, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether48 min
Jun 16, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar, Pike48 min
Jun 16, 3:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCUpson52 min
Jun 16, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Meriwether47 min
Jun 16, 3:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Jasper49 min
Jun 16, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMonroe50 min
Jun 16, 4:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb51 min
Jun 16, 4:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts35 min
Jun 16, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette, Spalding33 min
Jun 16, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb49 min
Jun 16, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Heard47 min
Jun 16, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Pike, Upson49 min
Jun 16, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkinson33 min
Jun 16, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalton33 min
Jun 16, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMonroe34 min
Jun 16, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs, Wilkinson48 min
Jun 16, 6:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Oglethorpe34 min
Jun 16, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOconee34 min
Jun 16, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens35 min
Jun 16, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Crawford, Monroe48 min
Jun 16, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTalbot33 min
Jun 16, 7:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens, Wilkinson50 min
Jun 16, 7:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.