Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 7, 1998, 7:33 PM EST for Greene County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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
- Jan 7, 1998, 7:33 PM EST (00:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 7, 1998, 8:00 PM EST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Greene County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 7:40 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Greensboro, GA | A severe thunderstorm caused damage in downtown Greensboro, mainly in a 2 block by 3 block area around the intersection of State Roads 15 and 44. A total of 23 businesses were damaged. Two homes sustained minor damage. Roofs being damaged or blown off and wind |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 4:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 126 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 604 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 237 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
194 WUUS1 KATL 080035 RRA SVRATL GAC133-080100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 733 PM EST WED JAN 7 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...GREENE COUNTY AT 732 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ENTERING GREENE COUNTY OVER LAKE OCONEE SOUTHWEST OF VEAZEY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. AND WILL PASS OVER GREENSBORO AROUND 740 PM. 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 7, 2:30 PM EST, 5 hours 3 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-080400- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 330 PM EDT WED JAN 07 1998 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST FROM ALABAMA INTO GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLY HAIL. SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 7, 3:30 PM EST, 4 hours 3 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-080400- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 330 PM EDT WED JAN 07 1998 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST FROM ALABAMA INTO GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOMEL OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLY HAIL. SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION.
Local storm report, Jan 7, 4:06 PM EST, 3 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
406 PM EST WED JAN 7 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
740 PM GREENSBORO GA WIND DAMAGE
1/7/98 GREENE 740-745 PM EST GREENE COUNTY
911 REPORTS STRUCTURAL DAMAGE
TO A FEW BUILDINGS. TREES
WERE KNOCKED DOWN. A FEW
WINDOWS WERE BLOWN OUT IN THE
911 CENTER.Special weather statement, Jan 7, 7:10 PM EST, 23 minutes before
GAZ012>016-020>023-031>034-043>046-053>058-067>071-079>081-091>093- 103-104-121>126-142>145-155>157-080300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 710 PM EST WED JAN 7 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 4 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PARTS OF NORTH AND WEST GEORGIA... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED AT 333 PM EST HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR GORDON...PICKENS...DAWSON...LUMPKIN...WHITE...BARTOW...CHEROKEE ...FORSYTH...HALL...PAULDING...COBB...FULTON...GWINNETT...DOUGLAS... DEKALB...ROCKDALE...COWETA...FAYETTE...CLAYTON...HENRY...SPALDING... BUTTS...MERIWETHER...PIKE...LAMAR...MONROE...TALBOT...UPSON...TAYLOR ...CRAWFORD...MARION...SCHLEY...WEBSTER...SUMTER...QUITMAN...RANDOLPH ...TERRELL...LEE...CLAY...CALHOUN...DOUGHERTY...EARLY...BAKER... MILLER...MITCHELL...SEMINOLE...DECATUR...GRADY...THOMAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BANKS...JACKSON...MADISON...BARROW...CLARKE...OCONEE...WALTON... NEWTON...MORGAN...GREENE...JASPER...PUTNAM...JONES...BALDWIN... BIBB...TWIGGS...WILKINSON...PEACH...HOUSTON...BLECKLEY...LAURENS ...DOOLY...CRISP...PULASKI...WILCOX...DODGE...TELFAIR...WORTH... TURNER...TIFT...BEN HILL...IRWIN...COFFEE...COLQUITT...COOK... BERRIEN...ATKINSON...THOMAS...BROOKS...LOWNDES...LANIER...ECHOLS AND CLINCH COUNTIES. PEOPLE IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER. BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THREATEN YOUR AREA. DH
Special weather statement, Jan 7, 7:10 PM EST, 23 minutes before
GAZ012>016-020>023-031>034-043>046-053>058-067>071-079>081-091>093- 103-104-121>126-142>145-155>157-080300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 710 PM EST WED JAN 7 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 4 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PARTS OF NORTH AND WEST GEORGIA... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED AT 333 PM EST HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR GORDON...PICKENS...DAWSON...LUMPKIN...WHITE...BARTOW...CHEROKEE ...FORSYTH...HALL...PAULDING...COBB...FULTON...GWINNETT...DOUGLAS... DEKALB...ROCKDALE...COWETA...FAYETTE...CLAYTON...HENRY...SPALDING... BUTTS...MERIWETHER...PIKE...LAMAR...MONROE...TALBOT...UPSON...TAYLOR ...CRAWFORD...MARION...SCHLEY...WEBSTER...SUMTER...QUITMAN...RANDOLPH ...TERRELL...LEE...CLAY...CALHOUN...DOUGHERTY...EARLY...BAKER... MILLER...MITCHELL...SEMINOLE...DECATUR...GRADY...THOMAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BANKS...JACKSON...MADISON...BARROW...CLARKE...OCONEE...WALTON... NEWTON...MORGAN...GREENE...JASPER...PUTNAM...JONES...BALDWIN... BIBB...TWIGGS...WILKINSON...PEACH...HOUSTON...BLECKLEY...LAURENS ...DOOLY...CRISP...PULASKI...WILCOX...DODGE...TELFAIR...WORTH... TURNER...TIFT...BEN HILL...IRWIN...COFFEE...COLQUITT...COOK... BERRIEN...ATKINSON...THOMAS...BROOKS...LOWNDES...LANIER...ECHOLS AND CLINCH COUNTIES. PEOPLE IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER. BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THREATEN YOUR AREA. DH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 8:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe | 39 min |
| Jan 7, 9:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair | 20 min |
| Jan 7, 9:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 21 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.