Severe Thunderstorm Warning 723, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Jun 19, 1998, 1:48 PM EDT (17:48 UTC)

Expired

Jun 19, 1998, 2:20 PM EDT

In force

32 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Greene County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Putnam 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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WUUS1 KATL 191749 RRA
SVRATL
GAC133-211-237-191820-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GREENE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA
  MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 220 PM EDT

* AT 147 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  54 MILES WEST OF CENTENNIAL MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.




A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT IN OR NEAR THE WARNED
AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE
ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. 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.

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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.