Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 202, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 1998, 5:16 AM EDT for Webster County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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 9, 1998, 5:16 AM EDT (09:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 1998, 5:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County 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 9, 2:30 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 771 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 478 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 313 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 8.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
518 WUUS1 KATL 090919 RRA SVRATL GAC307-090945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 516 AM EDT THU APR 9 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...WEBSTER COUNTY AT 515 AM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF PRESTON MOVING EAST 65 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. BDL/GMB
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, Apr 9, 12:53 AM EDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1253 AM EDT THU APR 9 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
800 PM MORROW GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98 CLAYTON
833 PM LOGANVILLE GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98 WALTON
841 PM BETHLEHEM GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98 BARROW
800 PM ELLENWOOD GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98 HENRY
845 PM WINDER GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98 BARROW
900 PM DILUTH GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98 GWINNETT
910 PM 5 W PENNINGTON GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98 JASPER
936 PM NEWNAN GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98 COWETA
810 PM ELWOOD GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98 HENRY
935 PM 2 E GAINSVILLE GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98 HALL
940 PM NEWNAN GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98 COWETA
824 PM LOGANSVILLE GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98 WALTON
1130 PM TALLAPOOSA GA WIND DAMAGE
4/8/98 HARALSON MANY TREES DOWN.
POLICE ON SCENE.
1010 PM ACWORTH GA 0.88 INCH HAIL
4/8/98 COBB NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
1050 PM CALHOUN GA 1.75 inch hail
4/8/98 GORDON GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL.
DAMAGE TO VEHICLE.
1050 PM ROME GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98 FLOYD
1111 PM ATHENS GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98 CLARKE
1105 PM ROME GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98 FLOYD
1120 PM ROME GA 2.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98 FLOYD GOLFBALL TO BASEBALL
SIZE HAIL.
620 PM ROCKMART GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98 POLK
1139 PM GAINSVILLE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98 HALL 1139-1200 PM
1205 AM DALLAS GA 0.75 inch hail
4/9/98 PAULDING
1130 PM TALLAPOSSA GA WIND DAMAGE
4/8/98 HARALSON ONE MOBILE HOME
DESTROYED.Local storm report, Apr 9, 12:53 AM EDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1253 AM EDT THU APR 9 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
800 PM MORROW GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98 CLAYTON
833 PM LOGANVILLE GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98 WALTON
841 PM BETHLEHEM GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98 BARROW
800 PM ELLENWOOD GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98 HENRY
845 PM WINDER GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98 BARROW
900 PM DILUTH GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98 GWINNETT
910 PM 5 W PENNINGTON GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98 JASPER
936 PM NEWNAN GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98 COWETA
810 PM ELWOOD GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98 HENRY
935 PM 2 E GAINSVILLE GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98 HALL
940 PM NEWNAN GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98 COWETA
824 PM LOGANSVILLE GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98 WALTON
1130 PM TALLAPOOSA GA WIND DAMAGE
4/8/98 HARALSON MANY TREES DOWN.
POLICE ON SCENE.
1010 PM ACWORTH GA 0.88 INCH HAIL
4/8/98 COBB NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
1050 PM CALHOUN GA 1.75 inch hail
4/8/98 GORDON GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL.
DAMAGE TO VEHICLE.
1050 PM ROME GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98 FLOYD
1111 PM ATHENS GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98 CLARKE
1105 PM ROME GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98 FLOYD
1120 PM ROME GA 2.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98 FLOYD GOLFBALL TO BASEBALL
SIZE HAIL.
620 PM ROCKMART GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98 POLK
1139 PM GAINSVILLE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98 HALL 1139-1200 PM
1205 AM DALLAS GA 0.75 inch hail
4/9/98 PAULDING
1130 PM TALLAPOSSA GA WIND DAMAGE
4/8/98 HARALSON ONE MOBILE HOME
DESTROYED.Special weather statement, Apr 9, 3:45 AM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 345 AM EDT THU APR 9 1998 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>024-030>032-041>043-091100- THE CITIES OF -CALHOUN-CARROLLTON-CARTERSVILLE-DAHLONEGA-DALTON- DOUGLASVILLE-GAINESVILLE-MARIETTA-ROME- 345 AM EDT THU APR 9 1998 THE FOLLOWING GEORGIA COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER IN TORNADO WATCH 196 DADE... WALKER... CATOOSA... WHITFIELD... MURRAY... FANNIN... GILMER... TOWNS... UNION... LUMPKIN... WHITE... RABUN... HABERSHAM... STEPHENS... CHATTOOGA... GORDON... PICKENS... DAWSON... HALL... BANKS... FRANKLIN...FLOYD... BARTOW... CHEROKEE... FORSYTH... POLK... PAULDING...COBB... HARALSON... CARROLL... DOUGLASVILLE. SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED EAST AND SOUTH OF THIS AREA AND IS NO LONGER A THREAT FOR THE MENTIONED COUNTIES.
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 3:45 AM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 345 AM EDT THU APR 9 1998 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>024-030>032-041>043-091100- THE CITIES OF -CALHOUN-CARROLLTON-CARTERSVILLE-DAHLONEGA-DALTON- DOUGLASVILLE-GAINESVILLE-MARIETTA-ROME- 345 AM EDT THU APR 9 1998 THE FOLLOWING GEORGIA COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER IN TORNADO WATCH 196 DADE... WALKER... CATOOSA... WHITFIELD... MURRAY... FANNIN... GILMER... TOWNS... UNION... LUMPKIN... WHITE... RABUN... HABERSHAM... STEPHENS... CHATTOOGA... GORDON... PICKENS... DAWSON... HALL... BANKS... FRANKLIN...FLOYD... BARTOW... CHEROKEE... FORSYTH... POLK... PAULDING...COBB... HARALSON... CARROLL... DOUGLASVILLE. SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED EAST AND SOUTH OF THIS AREA AND IS NO LONGER A THREAT FOR THE MENTIONED COUNTIES.
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 5:00 AM EDT, 16 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-091100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 500 AM EDT THU APR 9 1998 THE FOLLOWING GEORGIA COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER IN TORNADO WATCH 196 DADE... WALKER... CATOOSA... WHITFIELD... MURRAY... FANNIN... GILMER... TOWNS... UNION... LUMPKIN... WHITE... RABUN... HABERSHAM... STEPHENS... CHATTOOGA... GORDON... PICKENS... DAWSON... HALL... BANKS... FRANKLIN...FLOYD... BARTOW... CHEROKEE... FORSYTH... POLK... PAULDING...COBB... HARALSON... CARROLL... DOUGLASVILLE... HEARD... COWETA... FAYETTE... FULTON... DEKALB... GWINNETT... BARROW... JACKSON...MADISON...HART...CLARKE...OCONEE...WALTON...ROCKDALE... NEWTON...HENRY...BUTTS...SPALDING...LAMAR...PIKE...UPSON...TALBOT ...HARRIS...TROUP...MERIWETHER AND CLAYTON. SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED EAST AND SOUTH OF THIS AREA AND IS NO LONGER A THREAT FOR THE MENTIONED COUNTIES.
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 5:00 AM EDT, 16 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-091100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 500 AM EDT THU APR 9 1998 THE FOLLOWING GEORGIA COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER IN TORNADO WATCH 196 DADE... WALKER... CATOOSA... WHITFIELD... MURRAY... FANNIN... GILMER... TOWNS... UNION... LUMPKIN... WHITE... RABUN... HABERSHAM... STEPHENS... CHATTOOGA... GORDON... PICKENS... DAWSON... HALL... BANKS... FRANKLIN...FLOYD... BARTOW... CHEROKEE... FORSYTH... POLK... PAULDING...COBB... HARALSON... CARROLL... DOUGLASVILLE... HEARD... COWETA... FAYETTE... FULTON... DEKALB... GWINNETT... BARROW... JACKSON...MADISON...HART...CLARKE...OCONEE...WALTON...ROCKDALE... NEWTON...HENRY...BUTTS...SPALDING...LAMAR...PIKE...UPSON...TALBOT ...HARRIS...TROUP...MERIWETHER AND CLAYTON. SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED EAST AND SOUTH OF THIS AREA AND IS NO LONGER A THREAT FOR THE MENTIONED COUNTIES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 8:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Spalding | 25 min |
| Apr 8, 8:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 35 min |
| Apr 8, 8:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Troup | 14 min |
| Apr 8, 8:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan, Newton | 26 min |
| Apr 8, 8:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 35 min |
| Apr 8, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pike, Spalding | 43 min |
| Apr 8, 8:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Oconee, Walton | 38 min |
| Apr 8, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 8:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Pike | 28 min |
| Apr 8, 8:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jackson | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 8:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar | 31 min |
| Apr 8, 9:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 42 min |
| Apr 8, 9:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fulton, Gwinnett | 37 min |
| Apr 8, 9:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan, Newton | 34 min |
| Apr 8, 9:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock, Washington | 46 min |
| Apr 8, 9:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta | 53 min |
| Apr 8, 9:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson | 53 min |
| Apr 8, 9:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Hall | 37 min |
| Apr 8, 9:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Warren | 31 min |
| Apr 8, 9:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper | 43 min |
| Apr 8, 9:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan | 43 min |
| Apr 8, 9:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fayette, Fulton | 40 min |
| Apr 8, 9:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 9:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 31 min |
| Apr 8, 9:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 31 min |
| Apr 8, 9:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Walker | 42 min |
| Apr 8, 9:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Hall | 25 min |
| Apr 8, 9:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Gordon | 51 min |
| Apr 8, 10:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Henry, Rockdale | 42 min |
| Apr 8, 10:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin | 31 min |
| Apr 8, 10:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fulton | 25 min |
| Apr 8, 10:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 36 min |
| Apr 8, 10:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 42 min |
| Apr 8, 10:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 37 min |
| Apr 8, 10:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd | 47 min |
| Apr 8, 10:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Oconee | 29 min |
| Apr 8, 10:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Murray | 25 min |
| Apr 8, 10:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Jackson, Madison | 50 min |
| Apr 8, 10:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Polk | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 11:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Warren | 39 min |
| Apr 8, 11:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson | 30 min |
| Apr 8, 11:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe | 39 min |
| Apr 8, 11:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Paulding | 36 min |
| Apr 8, 11:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 36 min |
| Apr 8, 11:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Haralson | 31 min |
| Apr 8, 11:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 38 min |
| Apr 8, 11:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Paulding | 32 min |
| Apr 8, 11:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks | 42 min |
| Apr 8, 11:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb | 39 min |
| Apr 9, 12:07 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cobb | 38 min |
| Apr 9, 12:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 44 min |
| Apr 9, 12:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin | 44 min |
| Apr 9, 12:23 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Fulton | 37 min |
| Apr 9, 12:31 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 29 min |
| Apr 9, 12:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 27 min |
| Apr 9, 12:48 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 27 min |
| Apr 9, 1:02 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Barrow, Hall, Jackson | 43 min |
| Apr 9, 1:09 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Douglas | 36 min |
| Apr 9, 1:13 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cobb | 32 min |
| Apr 9, 1:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 39 min |
| Apr 9, 1:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 51 min |
| Apr 9, 1:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Madison | 25 min |
| Apr 9, 2:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Heard | 43 min |
| Apr 9, 2:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 36 min |
| Apr 9, 2:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Troup | 34 min |
| Apr 9, 2:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette | 51 min |
| Apr 9, 2:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 51 min |
| Apr 9, 3:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 29 min |
| Apr 9, 3:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair, Wheeler | 36 min |
| Apr 9, 3:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Rockdale | 30 min |
| Apr 9, 3:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry, Spalding | 30 min |
| Apr 9, 3:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pike | 30 min |
| Apr 9, 3:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Jackson, Walton | 35 min |
| Apr 9, 3:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs | 31 min |
| Apr 9, 3:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Monroe, Newton | 37 min |
| Apr 9, 4:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 4 hr |
| Apr 9, 5:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon | 25 min |
| Apr 9, 6:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston | 25 min |
| Apr 9, 6:17 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Pulaski | 28 min |
| Apr 9, 6:32 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens | 28 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.