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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 941, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 18, 1998Telfair County, Wilcox County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 1998, 6:10 PM EDT for Telfair County, Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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
Aug 18, 1998, 6:10 PM EDT (22:10 UTC)
Expired
Aug 18, 1998, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Telfair County, GA, Wilcox County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 18, 6:30 PM EDTHail 0.75Abbeville, GA

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

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 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 1998-08-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1334 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 1998-08-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 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
1334 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
989 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 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.

462 
WUUS1 KATL 182211 RRA
SVRATL
GAC271-315-182245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
610 PM EDT TUE AUG 18 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN TELFAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHEASTERN WILCOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 609 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ABBEVILLE MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.




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.


15/WRS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 2:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSpalding34 min
Aug 18, 2:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts32 min
Aug 18, 2:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMonroe32 min
Aug 18, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper33 min
Aug 18, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford33 min
Aug 18, 3:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta34 min
Aug 18, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPutnam33 min
Aug 18, 3:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones34 min
Aug 18, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton36 min
Aug 18, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin36 min
Aug 18, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPeach20 min
Aug 18, 4:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll33 min
Aug 18, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones34 min
Aug 18, 4:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene33 min
Aug 18, 4:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCGreene90 min
Aug 18, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson33 min
Aug 18, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Jefferson, Washington34 min
Aug 18, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel22 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.