Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 285, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 1998, 6:22 PM EDT for Macon County, Peach County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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 30, 1998, 6:22 PM EDT (22:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 1998, 6:55 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Macon County, GA, Peach County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 6:25 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Montezuma, GA | Dime size hail was reported in the Five Points area. |
| Apr 30, 6:41 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Ft Vly, GA | Thunderstorm winds knocked down many trees. |
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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 592 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 242 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
195 WUUS1 KATL 302224 RRA SVRATL GAC193-225-302255- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 622 PM EDT THU APR 30 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MACON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA PEACH COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 655 PM EDT * AT 620 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR 1 MILE SOUTHWEST OF MYRTLE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... MYRTLE AROUND 625 PM EDT FORT VALLEY AROUND 630 PM EDT MIAMI VALLEY AROUND 640 PM EDT POWERSVILLE AROUND 650 PM EDT 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Houston | 33 min |
| Apr 30, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkinson | 37 min |
| Apr 30, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Washington | 48 min |
| Apr 30, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Macon, Peach | 50 min |
| Apr 30, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb | 49 min |
| Apr 30, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs | 49 min |
| Apr 30, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 36 min |
| Apr 30, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones | 52 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.