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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 883, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 28, 1998Dade County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 1998, 6:27 PM EDT for Dade County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 28, 1998, 6:27 PM EDT (22:27 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 1998, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Dade County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 28, 6:40 PM EDTThunderstorm WindTrenton, GAA Trenton fire station reported several trees blown down.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 173 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1998-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 682 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1998-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 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
682 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
526 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 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.

941 
WUUS1 KATL 282228 RRA
SVRATL
GAC083-282300-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DADE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 625 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF TRENTON MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
   TRENTON                     AROUND 700 PM EDT
   NEW ENGLAND                 AROUND 700 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
Jul 28, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Telfair32 min
Jul 28, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilcox19 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.