Severe Thunderstorm Warning 729, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Jun 19, 1998, 2:11 PM EDT (18:11 UTC)

Expired

Jun 19, 1998, 2:45 PM EDT

In force

34 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Whole counties

County Heard County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HEARD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 245 PM EDT

* AT 211 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FRANKLIN MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
   FRANKLIN                    AROUND 220 PM EDT
   COOKSVILLE                  AROUND 230 PM EDT
   CORINTH                     AROUND 235 PM EDT



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.

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.