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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 759, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 24, 1998Clarke County, Oglethorpe County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1998, 10:45 PM EDT for Clarke County, Oglethorpe County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report 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 24, 1998, 10:45 PM EDT (02:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 1998, 11:20 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clarke County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 24, 10:48 PM EDTHail 0.75Athens, 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 1998-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2494 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 1998-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2494 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1727 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 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.

348 
WUUS1 KATL 250245 RRA
SVRATL
GAC059-221-250320-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1045 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CLARKE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA
  OGLETHORPE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1120 PM EDT

* AT 1044 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  4 MILES NORTHWEST OF WINTERVILLE MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
   WINTERVILLE                 AROUND 1050 PM EDT
   ATHENS                      AROUND 1105 PM EDT



SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. 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 24, 8:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWhite34 min
Jun 24, 8:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLumpkin35 min
Jun 24, 8:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall51 min
Jun 25, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp32 min
Jun 25, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Webster35 min
Jun 25, 3:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon, Schley, Sumter31 min
Jun 25, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion30 min
Jun 25, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon, Schley, Sumter34 min
Jun 25, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion32 min
Jun 25, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris47 min
Jun 25, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris35 min
Jun 25, 7:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Coweta, Fulton34 min
Jun 25, 7:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas, Paulding32 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.