Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 118, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 1998, 3:38 PM EDT for Sumter County, Webster County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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 8, 1998, 3:38 PM EDT (19:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 1998, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Sumter County, GA, Webster 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 8, 11:30 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 348 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 081941 RRA SVRATL GAC261-307-082015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 338 PM EDT WED APR 8 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...SUMTER COUNTY...WEBSTER COUNTY AT 337 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRESTON MOVING NORTHEAST 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. 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, Apr 8, 9:38 AM EDT, 6 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
Special weather statement, Apr 8, 9:38 AM EDT, 6 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 6:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Webster | 20 min |
| Apr 8, 6:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taylor | 24 min |
| Apr 8, 10:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp | 38 min |
| Apr 8, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 42 min |
| Apr 8, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Clarke | 36 min |
| Apr 8, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Wilcox | 26 min |
| Apr 8, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris | 31 min |
| Apr 8, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Talbot | 27 min |
| Apr 8, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 51 min |
| Apr 8, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Upson | 27 min |
| Apr 8, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford | 43 min |
| Apr 8, 6:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crawford | 17 min |
| Apr 8, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 29 min |
| Apr 8, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gordon | 53 min |
| Apr 8, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding | 44 min |
| Apr 8, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs, Wilkinson | 30 min |
| Apr 8, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Murray | 26 min |
| Apr 8, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 38 min |
| Apr 8, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Troup | 28 min |
| Apr 8, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Hall | 32 min |
| Apr 8, 7:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 38 min |
| Apr 8, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jackson | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fayette, Spalding | 29 min |
| Apr 8, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Troup | 39 min |
| Apr 8, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Henry | 34 min |
| Apr 8, 7:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Troup | 23 min |
| Apr 8, 7:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Madison | 36 min |
| Apr 8, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale | 31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.