Severe Thunderstorm Warning 718, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Jun 19, 1998, 1:01 PM EDT (17:01 UTC)

Expired

Jun 19, 1998, 1:50 PM EDT

In force

49 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Whole counties

Counties DeKalb County, GA, Henry County, GA, Rockdale County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:06 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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WUUS1 KATL 191703 RRA
SVRATL
GAC089-151-247-191750-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA
  HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA
  ROCKDALE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 150 PM EDT

* AT 101 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LITHONIA MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
   WHITEHOUSE                  AROUND 105 PM EDT
   REDAN                       AROUND 105 PM EDT
   LITHONIA                    AROUND 110 PM EDT
   CONYERS                     AROUND 120 PM EDT
   MAGNET                      AROUND 120 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

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.