Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 256, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 21, 1998, 7:23 PM EDT for Baldwin County, Jones County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 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 21, 1998, 7:23 PM EDT (23:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 21, 1998, 8:10 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Baldwin County, GA, Jones County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 8:00 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Milledgeville, GA | |
| Apr 21, 8:10 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Milledgeville, GA | Several public reports indicated dime to quarter size hail. |
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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 108 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.
000 TTAA00 KATL 212323 RRA SVRATL GAC009-169-220010- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 723 PM EDT TUE APR 21 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA NORTHERN JONES COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 810 PM EDT * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... BLOUNTSVILLE AROUND 740 PM EDT HADDOCK AROUND 755 PM EDT * AT 722 PM EDT... 4 MILES NORTH OF BRADLEY... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR... MOVING EAST 10 MPH. 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. WS/MPM
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, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Putnam | 50 min |
| Apr 21, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene | 35 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.