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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 772, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 26, 1998White County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1998, 4:05 PM EDT for White County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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 26, 1998, 4:05 PM EDT (20:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1998, 4:40 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County White County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 1998-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 221 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 1998-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 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
221 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-287 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1353 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 262005 RRA
SVRATL
GAC311-262040-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
405 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 440 PM EDT

* AT 403 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR 5 MILES EAST OF HELEN MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
   UNICOI SP                   AROUND 425 PM EDT

DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE
AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. BOATERS...GOLFERS...
AND OTHERS INVOLVED IN OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES SHOULD SEEK SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY. 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.

WRS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 8:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta36 min
Jun 25, 9:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll34 min
Jun 26, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks34 min
Jun 26, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks36 min
Jun 26, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMadison35 min
Jun 26, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOconee35 min
Jun 26, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock32 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.