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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 754, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 22, 1998Banks County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1998, 8:50 PM EDT for Banks County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 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 22, 1998, 8:50 PM EDT (00:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 1998, 9:40 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Banks County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 00:00Z on 1998-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1523 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 00:00Z on 1998-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 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
1523 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1682 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 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.

000 
TTAA00 KATL 230049 RRA
SVRATL
GAC011-230140-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
850 PM EDT MON JUN 22 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BANKS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 940 PM EDT

* AT 849 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  10 MILES NORTH OF HOMER MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
   HOLLINGSWORTH               AROUND 925 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
CdALLING 770-486-8535.

17/50

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMonroe34 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.