Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 1998, 12:34 AM EST for Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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
- Apr 4, 1998, 12:34 AM EST (05:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 1998, 1:00 AM EST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Laurens County, GA
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 10:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 2522 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 530 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 151 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 676 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 34.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
808 WUUS1 KATL 040535 RRA SVRATL GAC175-107-040600- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1234 AM EST SAT APR 4 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...LAURENS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...EMANUEL COUNTY AT 1233 AM EST A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM SWAINSBORO TO DUBLIN MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT IN OR NEAR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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, Apr 3, 11:20 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1120 PM EST FRI APR 3 1998 THE TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... STEPHENS BANKS JACKSON FRANKLIN MADISON HART ELBERT BARROW CLARKE OCONEE OGLETHORPE WILKES LINCOLN WALTON NEWTON MORGAN GREENE TALIAFERRO BUTTS JASPER PUTNAM SPALDING HENRY BDL
Local storm report, Apr 3, 11:25 PM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1125 PM EST FRI APR 3 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
330 PM ACWORTH GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 COBB NUMEROUS REPORTS FROM
PUBLIC OF DIME TO QUARTER
SIZE HAIL ON MAIN ST.
627 PM 5S MADISON GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 MORGAN MORGAN 911 REPORTED QUARTER
SIZE HAIL.
540 PM WATKINSVILLE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 CLARKE PUBLIC REPORTED DIME SIZE
HAIL.
610-620 PM 6N DELLWOOD GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 EMANUEL PUBLIC REPORTED DIME SIZE
HAIL.
620 WHITESBURG GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 CARROLL PUBLIC REPORTED GOLF BALL
SIZE HAIL.
620 PM CALHOUN GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 GORDON PUBLIC REPORTED DIME SIZE
HAIL.
628-633 PM 5S DOUGLASVILLE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 DOUGLAS NUMEROUS REPORTS FROM THE
PUBLIC OF DIME TO NICKEL
SIZE HAIL.
645 PM 10N CUMMING GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 FORSYTH PUBLIC REPORTED DIME SIZE
HAIL.
650 PM SWAINSBORO GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 EMANUEL PUBLIC REPORTED DIME SIZE
HAIL.
648-650 PM FULTON COUNTY AIRPORT GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 FULTON PUBLIC REPORTED DIME SIZE
HAILLocal storm report, Apr 3, 11:25 PM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1125 PM EST FRI APR 3 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
330 PM ACWORTH GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 COBB NUMEROUS REPORTS FROM
PUBLIC OF DIME TO QUARTER
SIZE HAIL ON MAIN ST.
627 PM 5S MADISON GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 MORGAN MORGAN 911 REPORTED QUARTER
SIZE HAIL.
540 PM WATKINSVILLE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 CLARKE PUBLIC REPORTED DIME SIZE
HAIL.
610-620 PM 6N DELLWOOD GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 EMANUEL PUBLIC REPORTED DIME SIZE
HAIL.
620 WHITESBURG GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 CARROLL PUBLIC REPORTED GOLF BALL
SIZE HAIL.
620 PM CALHOUN GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 GORDON PUBLIC REPORTED DIME SIZE
HAIL.
628-633 PM 5S DOUGLASVILLE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 DOUGLAS NUMEROUS REPORTS FROM THE
PUBLIC OF DIME TO NICKEL
SIZE HAIL.
645 PM 10N CUMMING GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 FORSYTH PUBLIC REPORTED DIME SIZE
HAIL.
650 PM SWAINSBORO GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 EMANUEL PUBLIC REPORTED DIME SIZE
HAIL.
648-650 PM FULTON COUNTY AIRPORT GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 FULTON PUBLIC REPORTED DIME SIZE
HAILLocal storm report, Apr 3, 11:32 PM EST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1132 PM EST FRI APR 3 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
610PM 6N DELLWOOD GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 EMANUEL PUBLIC REPORTED DIME SIZE
HAIL FROM 610-620 PM.Local storm report, Apr 3, 11:35 PM EST, 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1135 PM EST FRI APR 3 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
930 PM MADISON GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 MORGAN EMA DIRECTOR REPORTED
QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
755 PM BILLARD GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 DOUGLAS PUBLIC REPORTED DIME TO
QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
758 PM 5N GRIFFIN GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 SPALDING PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER
SIZE HAIL
815 PM FOREST PARK GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 CLAYTON PUBLIC REPORTED DIME SIZE
HAIL
825 PM 5N STOCKBRIDGE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 HENRY PUBLIC REPORTED DIME SIZE
HAIL
820 PM 5N COMER GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 MADISON PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER SIZE
HAIL
820 PM DULUTH GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 GWINNETT PUBLIC REPORTED DIME SIZE
HAIL
835 PM CONLEY GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 CLAYTON NUMEROUS PUBLIC REPORTS OF
DIME SIZE HAIL
843 PM 4W NEWNAN GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 COWETA PUBLIC REPORTED DIME SIZE
HAIL
926 PM GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 CLAYTON PUBLIC REPORTED DIME SIZE
HAIL IN SOUTHERN CLAYTON CO.
920 PM THOMASTON GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 UPSON PUBLIC REPORTED DIME SIZE
HAIL.
930 PM MC DONOUGH GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 HENRY PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER
SIZE HAIL
950 PM 1W HANSON MILL GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 UPSON PUBLIC REPORTED DIME TO
NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
830 PM GA WIND DAMAGE
4/3/98 HENRY SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON I-75.
REPORTED BY MACON FO.
855 PM GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 NEWTON PUBLIC REPORTED DIME TO
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT THE
ROCKDALE-NEWTON LINE.
900 PM 3S HOMER GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 BANKS PUBLIC REPORTED DIME SIZE
HAIL
600 PM GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 MORGAN PUBLIC REPORTED DIME SIZE
HAIL AT THE MORGAN-JACKSON
800 PM GA WIND DAMAGE
4/3/98 HENRY GEMA REPORTED 5 MOBILE HOMES
AND 3 HOUSES WERE DAMAGED.
SEVERAL TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN.
855 PM GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 ROCKDALE PUBLIC REPORTED DIME TO
QUARTER SIZE HAIL
909 PM 5S DAHLONEGA GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 LUMPKIN SPOTTER REPORTED DIME
SIZE HAIL
920 PM FAYETTEVILLE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 FAYETTE PUBLIC REPORTED DIME TO
NICKEL SIZE HAILLocal storm report, Apr 3, 11:35 PM EST, 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1135 PM EST FRI APR 3 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
930 PM MADISON GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 MORGAN EMA DIRECTOR REPORTED
QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
755 PM BILLARD GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 DOUGLAS PUBLIC REPORTED DIME TO
QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
758 PM 5N GRIFFIN GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 SPALDING PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER
SIZE HAIL
815 PM FOREST PARK GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 CLAYTON PUBLIC REPORTED DIME SIZE
HAIL
825 PM 5N STOCKBRIDGE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 HENRY PUBLIC REPORTED DIME SIZE
HAIL
820 PM 5N COMER GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 MADISON PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER SIZE
HAIL
820 PM DULUTH GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 GWINNETT PUBLIC REPORTED DIME SIZE
HAIL
835 PM CONLEY GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 CLAYTON NUMEROUS PUBLIC REPORTS OF
DIME SIZE HAIL
843 PM 4W NEWNAN GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 COWETA PUBLIC REPORTED DIME SIZE
HAIL
926 PM GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 CLAYTON PUBLIC REPORTED DIME SIZE
HAIL IN SOUTHERN CLAYTON CO.
920 PM THOMASTON GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 UPSON PUBLIC REPORTED DIME SIZE
HAIL.
930 PM MC DONOUGH GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 HENRY PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER
SIZE HAIL
950 PM 1W HANSON MILL GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 UPSON PUBLIC REPORTED DIME TO
NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
830 PM GA WIND DAMAGE
4/3/98 HENRY SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON I-75.
REPORTED BY MACON FO.
855 PM GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 NEWTON PUBLIC REPORTED DIME TO
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT THE
ROCKDALE-NEWTON LINE.
900 PM 3S HOMER GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 BANKS PUBLIC REPORTED DIME SIZE
HAIL
600 PM GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 MORGAN PUBLIC REPORTED DIME SIZE
HAIL AT THE MORGAN-JACKSON
800 PM GA WIND DAMAGE
4/3/98 HENRY GEMA REPORTED 5 MOBILE HOMES
AND 3 HOUSES WERE DAMAGED.
SEVERAL TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN.
855 PM GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 ROCKDALE PUBLIC REPORTED DIME TO
QUARTER SIZE HAIL
909 PM 5S DAHLONEGA GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 LUMPKIN SPOTTER REPORTED DIME
SIZE HAIL
920 PM FAYETTEVILLE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/3/98 FAYETTE PUBLIC REPORTED DIME TO
NICKEL SIZE HAILThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 7:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Hall | 44 min |
| Apr 3, 7:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker, Whitfield | 48 min |
| Apr 3, 7:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Fayette | 48 min |
| Apr 3, 7:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 39 min |
| Apr 3, 7:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clayton, Henry | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 7:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas | 27 min |
| Apr 3, 7:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Spalding | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 7:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Murray | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 7:57 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 7:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fulton | 31 min |
| Apr 3, 8:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Towns, Union | 48 min |
| Apr 3, 8:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Madison, Oglethorpe | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 8:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper | 42 min |
| Apr 3, 8:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb | 40 min |
| Apr 3, 8:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 27 min |
| Apr 3, 8:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 40 min |
| Apr 3, 8:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 8:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 8:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 8:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 31 min |
| Apr 3, 9:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks | 27 min |
| Apr 3, 9:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 9:10 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Upson | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 9:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren | 46 min |
| Apr 3, 9:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Troup | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 9:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Henry | 40 min |
| Apr 3, 9:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan | 53 min |
| Apr 3, 9:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Monroe, Upson | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 9:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taliaferro, Warren | 50 min |
| Apr 3, 10:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Jones | 27 min |
| Apr 3, 10:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Upson | 27 min |
| Apr 3, 10:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Putnam | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 10:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Twiggs | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 10:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock | 53 min |
| Apr 3, 10:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Twiggs, Wilkinson | 48 min |
| Apr 3, 10:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Taylor | 39 min |
| Apr 3, 11:19 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens | 26 min |
| Apr 3, 11:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Laurens | 48 min |
| Apr 4, 12:18 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Treutlen | 27 min |
| Apr 4, 12:34 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 26 min |
| Apr 4, 12:51 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Treutlen | 39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.