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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 802, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 8, 1998Madison County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1998, 4:03 PM EDT for Madison County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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 8, 1998, 4:03 PM EDT (20:03 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 1998, 4:40 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Madison County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 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 1998-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 220 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 1998-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 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
220 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1158 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 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.

084 
WUUS1 KATL 082006 RRA
SVRATL
GAC195-082040-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
403 PM EDT WED JUL 8 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 440 PM EDT

* AT 401 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  IN THE VICINITY OF DANIELSVILLE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
   COLBERT                     AROUND 410 PM EDT
   HARRISON                    AROUND 410 PM EDT
   COMER                       AROUND 420 PM EDT
   PAOLI                       AROUND 420 PM EDT
   CARLTON                     AROUND 435 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.


99/WRS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 2:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Haralson34 min
Jul 8, 2:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPickens33 min
Jul 8, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Fulton33 min
Jul 8, 3:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Forsyth34 min
Jul 8, 3:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta33 min
Jul 8, 3:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton36 min
Jul 8, 3:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett30 min
Jul 8, 3:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall49 min
Jul 8, 3:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Clarke, Oconee51 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.