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Tornado Warning 90, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 1, 1998Montgomery County, Treutlen County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 1998, 6:11 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Treutlen County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 min. 2 reports 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
Jun 1, 1998, 6:11 PM EDT (22:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1998, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Montgomery County, GA, Treutlen County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 1, 6:30 PM EDTThunderstorm WindHiggston, GAMontgomery county 911 reported numerous trees down. There was an unconfirmed report of a tornado near the Montgomery-Toombs county line.
Jun 1, 6:35 PM EDTHail 0.75Higgston, 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

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 215 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 1998-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1055 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 1998-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1055 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
672 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 012211 RRA
TORATL
GAC209-283-012245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
611 PM EDT MON JUN 1 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MONTGOMERY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHERN TREUTLEN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 610 PM EDT... A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR  9
  MILES NORTHWEST OF HIGGSTON MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE...
    HIGGSTON                    AROUND 630 PM EDT



IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN THE STRONGEST NEARBY BUILDING.
AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT OR DITCH. LIE FLAT IN
THE DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR ARMS AND HANDS. IF YOU
EXPERIENCE STORM DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES OR TREES...OR HAIL THE SIZE
OF DIMES OR LARGER...PLEASE REPORT IT BY CALLING THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE AT 770-486-8535.


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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTreutlen16 min
Jun 1, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCToombs33 min
Jun 1, 6:36 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCToombs34 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.