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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 295, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 1998, 10:14 PM EDT for Meriwether County, Georgia. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 30, 1998, 10:14 PM EDT (02:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 1998, 11:05 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Meriwether County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 41 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
- 162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 517 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
315 WUUS1 KATL 010216 RRA SVRATL GAC199-010305- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1014 PM EDT THU APR 30 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MERIWETHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 1105 PM EDT * AT 1013 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ODESSADALE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... DURAND AROUND 1020 PM EDT ODESSADALE AROUND 1025 PM EDT WARM SPRINGS AROUND 1035 PM EDT HARRIS CITY AROUND 1035 PM EDT GREENVILLE AROUND 1045 PM EDT RALEIGH AROUND 1050 PM EDT PRIMROSE AROUND 1050 PM EDT 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.
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
Local storm report, Apr 30, 6:36 PM EDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
636 PM EDT THU APR 30 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
550 PM BONAIRE GA SEVERAL TREES DOWN AND POWER
4/30/98 HOUSTON OUTAGE IN BONAIRE REPORTED
BY HOUSTON COUNTY 911
600 PM 10S MONTEZUMA GA 1.75 inch hail
4/30/98 MACON PUBLIC REPORTS GOLFBALL SIZE
HAIL AND LARGE OAK TREE DOWN
625 PM FIVE POUNTS GA 0.75 inch hail
4/30/98 MACON DIME SIZE HAIL IN FIVE
POINTS REPORTED BY MACON
COUNTY EMA
NMLocal storm report, Apr 30, 6:36 PM EDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
636 PM EDT THU APR 30 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
550 PM BONAIRE GA SEVERAL TREES DOWN AND POWER
4/30/98 HOUSTON OUTAGE IN BONAIRE REPORTED
BY HOUSTON COUNTY 911
600 PM 10S MONTEZUMA GA 1.75 inch hail
4/30/98 MACON PUBLIC REPORTS GOLFBALL SIZE
HAIL AND LARGE OAK TREE DOWN
625 PM FIVE POUNTS GA 0.75 inch hail
4/30/98 MACON DIME SIZE HAIL IN FIVE
POINTS REPORTED BY MACON
COUNTY EMA
NMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford | 50 min |
| Apr 30, 8:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs | 48 min |
| Apr 30, 9:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Webster | 45 min |
| Apr 30, 11:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 50 min |
| Apr 30, 11:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fayette | 33 min |
| Apr 30, 11:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lumpkin | 50 min |
| May 1, 12:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Upson | 34 min |
| May 1, 12:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Spalding | 34 min |
| May 1, 12:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fayette | 18 min |
| May 1, 12:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry | 36 min |
| May 1, 12:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton | 33 min |
| May 1, 1:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Douglas | 20 min |
| May 1, 1:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 32 min |
| May 1, 2:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Hall | 49 min |
| May 1, 3:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jackson | 34 min |
| May 1, 3:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 35 min |
| May 1, 3:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks | 32 min |
| May 1, 3:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkinson | 35 min |
| May 1, 4:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin | 33 min |
| May 1, 4:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.