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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 752, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 20, 1998Chattooga County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 1998, 6:39 PM EDT for Chattooga County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 1998, 6:39 PM EDT (22:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 1998, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Chattooga County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 1998-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 1998-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

575 
WUUS1 KATL 202240 RRA
SVRATL
GAC055-202315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
639 PM EDT SAT JUN 20 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 637 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  4 MILES WEST OF SUMMERVILLE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
   SUMMERVILLE                 AROUND 650 PM EDT
   BERRYTON                    AROUND 650 PM EDT
   LYERLY                      AROUND 655 PM EDT
   CHATTOOGAVILLE              AROUND 700 PM EDT
   HOLLAND                     AROUND 710 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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Walker35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.