Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 7, 1998, 9:40 PM EST for Telfair County, Georgia. It was in force for 20 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
- Jan 7, 1998, 9:40 PM EST (02:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 7, 1998, 10:00 PM EST
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Telfair 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 4:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 652 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 736 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 290 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 367 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 11.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
805 WUUS1 KATL 080241 RRA SVRATL GAC271-080300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 940 PM EST WED JAN 7 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...TELFAIR COUNTY AT 940 PM EST DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MCRAE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DONT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. 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
Local storm report, Jan 7, 4:06 PM EST, 5 hours 34 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, 2 hours 30 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, 2 hours 30 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
Local storm report, Jan 7, 9:11 PM EST, 29 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.The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 7:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene | 27 min |
| Jan 7, 8:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe | 39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.