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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 721, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 19, 1998Pike County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1998, 1:32 PM EDT for Pike County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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 19, 1998, 1:32 PM EDT (17:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 1998, 2:05 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Pike County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:31 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 19, 11:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 33 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 1998-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1794 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 1998-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1794 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-87 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1186 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 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.

198 
WUUS1 KATL 191733 RRA
SVRATL
GAC231-191805-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 205 PM EDT

* AT 130 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  IN THE VICINITY OF WILLIAMSON MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.


SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. 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 19, 9:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga34 min
Jun 19, 9:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd, Gordon33 min
Jun 19, 10:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow34 min
Jun 19, 10:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPickens34 min
Jun 19, 11:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee33 min
Jun 19, 11:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPaulding33 min
Jun 19, 11:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson31 min
Jun 19, 11:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, DeKalb, Fulton33 min
Jun 19, 11:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Paulding33 min
Jun 19, 11:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall35 min
Jun 19, 11:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett34 min
Jun 19, 12:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb32 min
Jun 19, 12:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas, Fulton36 min
Jun 19, 12:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Jackson32 min
Jun 19, 12:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalton32 min
Jun 19, 12:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta34 min
Jun 19, 12:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard34 min
Jun 19, 12:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Fayette31 min
Jun 19, 12:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta35 min
Jun 19, 12:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMadison36 min
Jun 19, 1:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Henry, Rockdale49 min
Jun 19, 1:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether32 min
Jun 19, 1:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Lamar, Spalding36 min
Jun 19, 1:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMonroe32 min
Jun 19, 1:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Morgan, Putnam32 min
Jun 19, 1:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup35 min
Jun 19, 1:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCUpson48 min
Jun 19, 2:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar, Pike33 min
Jun 19, 2:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether36 min
Jun 19, 2:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock, Taliaferro47 min
Jun 19, 2:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard34 min
Jun 19, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Jones35 min
Jun 19, 2:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Crawford, Monroe, Taylor48 min
Jun 19, 2:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTalbot48 min
Jun 19, 2:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Jefferson, Warren47 min
Jun 19, 2:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington47 min
Jun 19, 2:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris33 min
Jun 19, 2:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup36 min
Jun 19, 2:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs, Wilkinson47 min
Jun 19, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston, Peach35 min
Jun 19, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTalbot, Taylor48 min
Jun 19, 3:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Crawford34 min
Jun 19, 3:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Pulaski64 min
Jun 19, 3:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson64 min
Jun 19, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion35 min
Jun 19, 3:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Upson50 min
Jun 19, 3:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon, Taylor49 min
Jun 19, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSchley35 min
Jun 19, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair, Wheeler67 min
Jun 19, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Toombs, Treutlen62 min
Jun 19, 4:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon, Schley, Sumter48 min
Jun 19, 4:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWebster48 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.