Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 236, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 1998, 10:51 PM EDT for Bleckley County, Houston County, Pulaski County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 17, 1998, 10:51 PM EDT (02:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 17, 1998, 11:25 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bleckley County, GA, Houston County, GA, Pulaski County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 10:55 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawkinsville, GA | Sight survey by a NWS employee showed the damage path continued out of Houston county into Pulaski county. Over 150 pecan trees in 2 separate orchards were blown down. Very large oak and pine trees were also knocked down. An unoccupied mobile home was flipped |
| Apr 17, 10:55 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Hayneville, GA | Sight survey by a NWS employee indicated a downburst from a severe thunderstorm destroyed a mobile home on County Line Road 12 miles south-southeast of Perry. About 20 large mature oak, cedar and pine trees were blown down. A very old graveyard was damaged b |
| Apr 17, 11:10 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Cochran, GA | Thunderstorm winds knocked down 5 to 7 trees in and near Cochran on county and city roads. |
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.
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 17, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1346 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
819 WUUS1 KATL 180252 RRA SVRATL GAC023-153-235-180325- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1051 PM EDT FRI APR 17 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BLECKLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA SOUTHERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 1125 PM EDT * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... COCHRAN AROUND 1055 PM EDT FRAZIER AROUND 1055 PM EDT FIVE POINTS AROUND 1055 PM EDT CARY AROUND 1100 PM EDT POWELL AROUND 1100 PM EDT GOLDSBORO AROUND 1105 PM EDT BROWN HILL AROUND 1105 PM EDT * AT 1047 PM EDT... 9 MILES WEST OF MOBLEY CROSSING... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR... MOVING NORTHEAST 55 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. SBL/PH
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, 8:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
803 PM EDT FRI APR 17 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
553 PM IDEAL GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/17/98 MACON REPORTED BY THE MACON COUNTY
SHERIFFS OFFICE
604 PM MONTEZUMA GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/17/98 MACON REPORTED BY THE MACON COUNTY
SHERIFFS OFFICE
640 PM LIZELLA GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/17/98 CRAWFORD REPORTED BY PUBLIC
645 PM MACON GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/17/98 BIBB REPORTED BY PUBLIC
700 PM 6 SE MACON GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/17/98 BIBB REPORTED BY PUBLIC
700 PM 5 SE MACON GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/17/98 BIBB REPORTED BY PUBLIC
703 PM S MACON GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/17/98 BIBB REPORTED BY PUBLIC
710 PM GORDON GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/17/98 WILKINSON REPORTED BY PUBLIC
715 PM DRY BRANCH GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/17/98 TWIGGS REPORTED BY PUBLICLocal storm report, Apr 17, 8:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
803 PM EDT FRI APR 17 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
553 PM IDEAL GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/17/98 MACON REPORTED BY THE MACON COUNTY
SHERIFFS OFFICE
604 PM MONTEZUMA GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/17/98 MACON REPORTED BY THE MACON COUNTY
SHERIFFS OFFICE
640 PM LIZELLA GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/17/98 CRAWFORD REPORTED BY PUBLIC
645 PM MACON GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/17/98 BIBB REPORTED BY PUBLIC
700 PM 6 SE MACON GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/17/98 BIBB REPORTED BY PUBLIC
700 PM 5 SE MACON GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/17/98 BIBB REPORTED BY PUBLIC
703 PM S MACON GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/17/98 BIBB REPORTED BY PUBLIC
710 PM GORDON GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
4/17/98 WILKINSON REPORTED BY PUBLIC
715 PM DRY BRANCH GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/17/98 TWIGGS REPORTED BY PUBLICThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 8:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 33 min |
| Apr 17, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Webster | 32 min |
| Apr 17, 9:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Webster | 49 min |
| Apr 17, 9:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Schley | 33 min |
| Apr 17, 9:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Sumter | 34 min |
| Apr 17, 10:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly | 48 min |
| Apr 17, 11:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bleckley | 34 min |
| Apr 17, 11:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 32 min |
| Apr 17, 11:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Laurens | 35 min |
| Apr 18, 12:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Pulaski | 35 min |
| Apr 18, 12:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson | 21 min |
| Apr 18, 12:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 17 min |
| Apr 18, 12:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 20 min |
| Apr 18, 7:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Floyd | 32 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.