Severe Thunderstorm Warning 117, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Apr 8, 1998, 2:03 PM EDT (18:03 UTC)

Expired

Apr 8, 1998, 2:45 PM EDT

In force

42 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Meriwether County, GA, Troup County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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WUUS1 KATL 081805 RRA
SVRATL
GAC199-285-081845-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
203 PM EDT WED APR 8 1998
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...MERIWETHER COUNTY...TROUP COUNTY
 
AT 202 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM NEAR LA GRANGE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. WEATHER
SERVICE SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL AT WEST POINT AND LA
GRANGE IN THE PAST 10 MINUTES.
 
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.
 
 
 
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In the hours before

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
091>098-103>113-081745-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
938 AM EDT WED APR 8 1998

THERE IS A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR NORTH
AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY INTO TONIGHT WITH A SLIGHT RISK FOR
THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL GEORGIA.

THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL CONTINUE TO
BECOME MORE AND MORE UNSTABLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. AS A STRONG
STORM SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT APPROACH NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA FROM
THE WEST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE
REGION. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE
POSSIBLE.

THIS IS POTENTIALLY A VERY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. SPOTTERS AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED FOR EMERGENCY ACTIVATION.

MSS

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
091>098-103>113-081745-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
938 AM EDT WED APR 8 1998

THERE IS A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR NORTH
AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY INTO TONIGHT WITH A SLIGHT RISK FOR
THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL GEORGIA.

THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL CONTINUE TO
BECOME MORE AND MORE UNSTABLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. AS A STRONG
STORM SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT APPROACH NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA FROM
THE WEST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE
REGION. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE
POSSIBLE.

THIS IS POTENTIALLY A VERY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. SPOTTERS AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED FOR EMERGENCY ACTIVATION.

MSS

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.