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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 906, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 31, 1998Toombs County, Treutlen County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 1998, 5:25 PM EDT for Toombs County, Treutlen County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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 31, 1998, 5:25 PM EDT (21:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 1998, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 209 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 1998-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 500 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 1998-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -41 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
500 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1175 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

810 
WUUS1 KATL 312126 RRA
SVRATL
GAC279-283-312200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
525 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN TREUTLEN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHERN TOOMBS IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 524 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VIDALIA MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.


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.

WRS/ML

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 1:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Troup50 min
Jul 31, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb36 min
Jul 31, 4:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWebster36 min
Jul 31, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter36 min
Jul 31, 4:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Dooly35 min
Jul 31, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair, Wheeler35 min
Jul 31, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard34 min
Jul 31, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup34 min
Jul 31, 6:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup31 min
Jul 31, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta32 min
Jul 31, 7:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFayette31 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.