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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 276, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 22, 1998Baldwin County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 1998, 7:34 PM EDT for Baldwin County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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 22, 1998, 7:34 PM EDT (23:34 UTC)
Expired: Apr 22, 1998, 8:10 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

County Baldwin County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 22, 8:05 PM EDT	Hail 0.75	Milledgeville, 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

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 304 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1422 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KATL 222334 RRA
SVRATL
GAC009-230010-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
734 PM EDT WED APR 22 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 810 PM EDT


* AT 733 PM EDT...  9 MILES WEST OF MERIWETHER... A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR... MOVING SOUTHEAST
  10 MPH.



SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. 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.

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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

Special weather statement, Apr 22, 4:23 PM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>071-073>076-
078>081-094-222330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
423 PM EDT WED APR 22 1998

...HAIL PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTH AND
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND IN SOME
PLACES THE HAIL WAS COVERING THE GROUND.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS MOVING ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
THIS AFTERNOON AND THE ATMOSPHERE ALOFT IS MUCH COLDER THAN NORMAL.
THIS COMBINATION OF SYNOPTIC FEATURES IS PRODUCING THE SMALL HAIL.

PAH

Local storm report, Apr 22, 5:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
515 PM EDT WED APR 22 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

455 PM     WINDER                    GA   0.75 inch hail
4/22/98    BARROW                         DIME SIZE HAIL AN INCH
                                          DEEP ON GROUND

Local storm report, Apr 22, 5:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
515 PM EDT WED APR 22 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

455 PM     WINDER                    GA   0.75 inch hail
4/22/98    BARROW                         DIME SIZE HAIL AN INCH
                                          DEEP ON GROUND

Local storm report, Apr 22, 5:26 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
526 PM EDT WED APR 22 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

515 PM     GIBSON                    GA   0.75 inch hail
4/22/98    GLASCOCK                       DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          BY PUBLIC

Local storm report, Apr 22, 7:22 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
722 PM EDT WED APR 22 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

710 PM     MONTICELLO                GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
4/22/98    JASPER

535 PM     4N WALESKA                GA   0.88 inch hail
4/22/98    CHEROKEE                       PUBLIC REPORTS DIME TO
                                          NICKLE SIZE HAIL

600 PM     5N WOODSTOCK              GA   0.75 inch hail
4/22/98    CHEROKEE                       PUBLIC REPORTS DIME SIZE
                                          HAIL

535 PM     LOUISVILLE                GA   1.00 inch hail
4/22/98    JEFFERSON                      QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          BY JEFFERSON COUNTY 911
                                          BETWEEN LOUISVILLE AND WRENS

555 PM     SOUTH PART OF COUNTY      GA   0.75 inch hail
4/22/98    PUTNAM                         PUBLIC REPORTS DIME SIZE
                                          HAIL

NM
750 PM     5NE GRAY                  GA   0.75 inch hail
4/22/98    JONES                          PUBLIC REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL

Local storm report, Apr 22, 7:22 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
722 PM EDT WED APR 22 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

710 PM     MONTICELLO                GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
4/22/98    JASPER

535 PM     4N WALESKA                GA   0.88 inch hail
4/22/98    CHEROKEE                       PUBLIC REPORTS DIME TO
                                          NICKLE SIZE HAIL

600 PM     5N WOODSTOCK              GA   0.75 inch hail
4/22/98    CHEROKEE                       PUBLIC REPORTS DIME SIZE
                                          HAIL

535 PM     LOUISVILLE                GA   1.00 inch hail
4/22/98    JEFFERSON                      QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          BY JEFFERSON COUNTY 911
                                          BETWEEN LOUISVILLE AND WRENS

555 PM     SOUTH PART OF COUNTY      GA   0.75 inch hail
4/22/98    PUTNAM                         PUBLIC REPORTS DIME SIZE
                                          HAIL

NM
750 PM     5NE GRAY                  GA   0.75 inch hail
4/22/98    JONES                          PUBLIC REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 21, 8:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin	32 min
Apr 21, 8:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Hancock	35 min
Apr 21, 8:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Washington	66 min
Apr 21, 8:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler	63 min
Apr 21, 9:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Glascock, Jefferson	66 min
Apr 21, 9:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Johnson, Treutlen	66 min
Apr 22, 3:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Putnam	33 min
Apr 22, 3:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Barrow, Gwinnett, Walton	47 min
Apr 22, 4:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Barrow	33 min
Apr 22, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jasper, Putnam	32 min
Apr 22, 5:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Glascock, Warren	32 min
Apr 22, 5:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clarke, Oconee, Walton	35 min
Apr 22, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jefferson	47 min
Apr 22, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee	36 min
Apr 22, 5:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Putnam	37 min
Apr 22, 5:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Jasper	35 min
Apr 22, 6:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jasper	33 min
Apr 22, 7:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jasper, Jones, Putnam	48 min
Apr 22, 7:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jones	36 min

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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.