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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 881, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 28, 1998Dodge County, Telfair County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 1998, 3:53 PM EDT for Dodge County, Telfair County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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 28, 1998, 3:53 PM EDT (19:53 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 1998, 4:25 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dodge County, GA, Telfair County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 200 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 1998-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 997 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 1998-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 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
997 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
581 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 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 281953 RRA
SVRATL
GAC091-271-282025-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
353 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN DODGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  TELFAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 425 PM EDT

* AT 352 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  27 MILES WEST OF LUMBER CITY MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
   MILAN                       AROUND 410 PM EDT
   CHINA HILL                  AROUND 425 PM EDT



WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...LIGHTNING POSES A SERIOUS
DANGER. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES...UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. IF BOATING OR
SWIMMING...GET TO LAND QUICKLY AND FIND SHELTER. IF IN THE OPEN
FIND A LOW SPOT AWAY FROM TREES...FENCES...AND POLES. 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
Jul 28, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilcox19 min
Jul 28, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade33 min
Jul 28, 6:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalker32 min
Jul 28, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley18 min
Jul 28, 7:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge33 min
Jul 28, 7:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley21 min

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.