Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 254, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 21, 1998, 6:50 PM EDT for Jasper County, Putnam County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report 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 21, 1998, 6:50 PM EDT (22:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 21, 1998, 7:40 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jasper County, GA, Putnam County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 6:55 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Eatonton, GA |
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 nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1015 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
564 WUUS1 KATL 212250 RRA SVRATL GAC159-237-212340- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 650 PM EDT TUE APR 21 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL JASPER COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA * UNTIL 740 PM EDT * AT 648 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONTICELLO... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER EATONTON MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. BOATERS...GOLFERS... AND OTHERS INVOLVED IN OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. 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. TWM/WS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan | 32 min |
| Apr 21, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 34 min |
| Apr 21, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper | 34 min |
| Apr 21, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall | 46 min |
| Apr 21, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fulton | 46 min |
| Apr 21, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Putnam | 51 min |
| Apr 21, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan | 31 min |
| Apr 21, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene | 35 min |
| Apr 21, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jones | 47 min |
| Apr 21, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock, Putnam | 48 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.