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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 806, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 9, 1998Dooly County, Pulaski County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1998, 5:27 PM EDT for Dooly County, Pulaski County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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 9, 1998, 5:27 PM EDT (21:27 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 1998, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dooly County, GA, Pulaski County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 1998-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 508 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 1998-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 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
508 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
865 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
47 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.

672 
WUUS1 KATL 092129 RRA
SVRATL
GAC093-235-092200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
527 PM EDT THU JUL 9 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN DOOLY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 525 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAWKINSVILLE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
   TIPPETTVILLE                AROUND 530 PM EDT
   FINLEYSON                   AROUND 535 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/DH

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 12:05 PM EDT, 5 hours 22 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
091>098-103>113-100400-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1205 PM EDT THU JUL 09 1998

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON IN THE
WARM AND MOIST AIRMASS ANCHORED OVER GEORGIA. A FEW OF THESE STORMS
COULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN
THREAT.

SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMANT PERSONNEL IN NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY FOR
POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 4:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter33 min
Jul 9, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Sumter48 min
Jul 9, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilcox47 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.