Severe Thunderstorm Warning 702, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Jun 19, 1998, 11:02 AM EDT (15:02 UTC)

Expired

Jun 19, 1998, 11:35 AM EDT

In force

33 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Bartow County, GA, Cherokee County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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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SVRATL
GAC015-057-191535-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1102 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BARTOW COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA
  WESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1135 AM EDT

* AT 1101 AM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  IN THE VICINITY OF CARTERSVILLE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.


DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE
AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. BOATERS...GOLFERS...
AND OTHERS INVOLVED IN OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES SHOULD SEEK SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY. 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.

WRS

In the hours before

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
091>098-103>113-192045-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1042 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 1998

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THE REMAINDER OF
THIS MORNING...AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING ACROSS NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA.

A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS COMBINED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE WILL ALLOW THUNDERSTORMS IN TENNESSEE AND ALABAMA TO
BECOME POTENTIALLY SEVERE AS THEY MOVE INTO NORTH GEORGIA THIS
MORNING AND AFTERNOON...THEN INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

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

17

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
091>098-103>113-192045-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1042 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 1998

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THE REMAINDER OF
THIS MORNING...AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING ACROSS NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA.

A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS COMBINED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE WILL ALLOW THUNDERSTORMS IN TENNESSEE AND ALABAMA TO
BECOME POTENTIALLY SEVERE AS THEY MOVE INTO NORTH GEORGIA THIS
MORNING AND AFTERNOON...THEN INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

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

17

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.