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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 792, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 3, 1998Carroll County, Haralson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1998, 10:47 PM EDT for Carroll County, Haralson County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 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
Jul 3, 1998, 10:47 PM EDT (02:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 1998, 11:35 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Carroll County, GA, Haralson County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:51 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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 1998-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.1000850700500300200100-30°-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 1998-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
7080 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 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 040247 RRA
SVRATL
GAC045-143-040335-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1047 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA
  EASTERN HARALSON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1135 PM EDT

* AT 1045 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  8 MILES WEST OF VILLA RICA MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
   VILLA RICA                  AROUND 1115 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.

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.