Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 220, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 1998, 4:23 PM EDT for Marion County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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 17, 1998, 4:23 PM EDT (20:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 17, 1998, 4:55 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marion County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 1255 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 526 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 6.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
659 WUUS1 KATL 172024 RRA SVRATL GAC197-172055- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 423 PM EDT FRI APR 17 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MARION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 455 PM EDT * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... BRANTLEY AROUND 425 PM EDT BUENA VISTA AROUND 430 PM EDT DOYLE AROUND 435 PM EDT OAKLAND AROUND 435 PM EDT PUTNAM AROUND 435 PM EDT TAZEWELL AROUND 440 PM EDT * AT 422 PM EDT... 7 MILES WEST OF BERGINSVILLE... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR... MOVING NORTHEAST 30 MPH. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...LIGHTNING POSES A SERIOUS DANGER. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES...UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. IF BOATING OR SWIMMING...GET TO LAND QUICKLY AND FIND SHELTER. IF IN THE OPEN FIND A LOW SPOT AWAY FROM TREES...FENCES...AND POLES. 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. VW/ML
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 17, 11:30 AM EDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1130 AM EDT FRI APR 17 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
540 AM GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/17/98 FORSYTH FORSYTH 911 REPORTED NICKEL
SIZE HAIL AT HWY 20 NEAR THE
CHEROKEE COUNTY LINE.
735 AM BUENA VISTA GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/17/98 MARION MARION COUNTY DISPATCH
REPORTED THE ROAD COVERED
WITH HAIL.
755 AM CONCORD GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
4/17/98 SCHLEY SCHLEY 911 REPORTED GOLFBALL
SIZE HAIL.
815 AM IDEAL GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/17/98 MACON PUBLIC REPORTED NICKEL SIZE
HAIL.
1230 AM KINGSTON GA WIND DAMAGE
4/17/98 BARTOW CARTERSVILLE TRIBUNE REPORTED
A FEW CHICKEN HOUSES DAMAGED.
1157 PM 4SE RINGGOLD GA WIND DAMAGE
4/16/98 CATOOSA SHERIFFS DEPT REPORTED A
HOUSE WITH ROOF DAMAGE AND
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN THE
COMMUNITY OF KEITH (4SE
RINGGOLD).Local storm report, Apr 17, 11:30 AM EDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1130 AM EDT FRI APR 17 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
540 AM GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/17/98 FORSYTH FORSYTH 911 REPORTED NICKEL
SIZE HAIL AT HWY 20 NEAR THE
CHEROKEE COUNTY LINE.
735 AM BUENA VISTA GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/17/98 MARION MARION COUNTY DISPATCH
REPORTED THE ROAD COVERED
WITH HAIL.
755 AM CONCORD GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
4/17/98 SCHLEY SCHLEY 911 REPORTED GOLFBALL
SIZE HAIL.
815 AM IDEAL GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/17/98 MACON PUBLIC REPORTED NICKEL SIZE
HAIL.
1230 AM KINGSTON GA WIND DAMAGE
4/17/98 BARTOW CARTERSVILLE TRIBUNE REPORTED
A FEW CHICKEN HOUSES DAMAGED.
1157 PM 4SE RINGGOLD GA WIND DAMAGE
4/16/98 CATOOSA SHERIFFS DEPT REPORTED A
HOUSE WITH ROOF DAMAGE AND
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN THE
COMMUNITY OF KEITH (4SE
RINGGOLD).The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 10:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade | 33 min |
| Apr 16, 11:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 32 min |
| Apr 16, 11:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 35 min |
| Apr 16, 11:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 32 min |
| Apr 16, 11:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Floyd | 18 min |
| Apr 17, 12:13 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow | 47 min |
| Apr 17, 12:41 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Pickens | 49 min |
| Apr 17, 12:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Union | 32 min |
| Apr 17, 1:04 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin | 51 min |
| Apr 17, 1:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gordon, Pickens | 46 min |
| Apr 17, 1:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 33 min |
| Apr 17, 1:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin | 31 min |
| Apr 17, 2:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall, White | 48 min |
| Apr 17, 3:02 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Pickens | 33 min |
| Apr 17, 3:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Lumpkin, White | 4 hr |
| Apr 17, 3:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Dawson | 4 hr |
| Apr 17, 5:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Forsyth | 34 min |
| Apr 17, 7:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Schley | 35 min |
| Apr 17, 7:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon | 36 min |
| Apr 17, 7:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Schley | 21 min |
| Apr 17, 8:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Peach | 35 min |
| Apr 17, 8:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Twiggs | 36 min |
| Apr 17, 8:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkinson | 33 min |
| Apr 17, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Jones | 34 min |
| Apr 17, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Marion, Schley | 48 min |
| Apr 17, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Macon | 34 min |
| Apr 17, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford | 33 min |
| Apr 17, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Schley | 36 min |
| Apr 17, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Twiggs | 45 min |
| Apr 17, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkinson | 35 min |
| Apr 17, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Washington | 49 min |
| Apr 17, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkinson | 18 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.