Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 751, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 1998, 6:10 PM EDT for Dade County, Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 1998, 6:10 PM EDT (22:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 1998, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dade County, GA, Walker County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 6:22 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Trenton, GA | Dade county 911 reported trees down across a road. |
| Jun 20, 6:35 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | La Fayette, GA | Walker county 911 and a spotter reported several trees down. |
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.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 179 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -439 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1434 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
390 WUUS1 KATL 202212 RRA SVRATL GAC083-295-202245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 610 PM EDT SAT JUN 20 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... DADE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA WALKER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA * UNTIL 645 PM EDT * AT 610 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR IN THE VICINITY OF TRENTON MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... HIGH POINT AROUND 630 PM EDT CLOUDLAND CANYON SP AROUND 635 PM EDT CEDAR GROVE AROUND 635 PM EDT DAVIS CROSSROADS AROUND 645 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. VW/PAH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 36 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998
Sources
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.