Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 279, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 1998, 4:01 PM EDT for Morgan County, Walton County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 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 23, 1998, 4:01 PM EDT (20:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 1998, 4:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Morgan County, GA, Walton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 4:08 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Social Circle, GA | The public reported dime to quarter size hail. It covered the ground in some places. |
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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 299 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 810 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 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 232001 RRA SVRATL GAC211-297-232050- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 401 PM EDT THU APR 23 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA SOUTHERN WALTON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA * UNTIL 450 PM EDT * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... RUTLEDGE AROUND 405 PM EDT CENTENNIAL AROUND 415 PM EDT * AT 359 PM EDT... 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF RUTLEDGE... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR... MOVING SOUTHEAST 10 MPH. 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 STRUHCTURES OR TREES...OR HAIL THE SIZE OF DIMES OR LARGER...PLEASE REPORT IT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING 770-486-8535. WRS/KDF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Twiggs | 33 min |
| Apr 23, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Twiggs | 32 min |
| Apr 23, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jones | 48 min |
| Apr 23, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Peach | 36 min |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.