Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 237, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 1998, 11:28 PM EDT for Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 min. 2 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, 11:28 PM EDT (03:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 18, 1998, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Laurens County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 11:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Dexter, GA | About 30 trees were blown down along the track of the storm. The most serious was about 2 miles northwest of Dexter, where the trees fell in a pattern that suggested a funnel. The EMA director and 2 sheriff's deputies reported seeing funnel clouds, displayed b |
| Apr 17, 11:59 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Dublin, GA | Trees were blown down causing power outages. |
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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 178 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.
005 WUUS1 KATL 180329 RRA SVRATL GAC175-180400- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1128 PM EDT FRI APR 17 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LAURENS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 1200 AM EDT * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... DUBLIN AROUND 1135 PM EDT MINTER AROUND 1140 PM EDT BREWTON AROUND 1145 PM EDT ROCKLEDGE AROUND 1145 PM EDT LOVETT AROUND 1145 PM EDT * AT 1126 PM EDT... 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DUDLEY... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR... MOVING EAST 45 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.
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, 3 hours 25 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, 3 hours 25 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, 10:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Houston, Pulaski | 34 min |
| Apr 17, 11:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bleckley | 34 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.