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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 296, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 1998, 11:10 PM EDT for Meriwether County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 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, 11:10 PM EDT (03:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 1998, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 50 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, 3.2 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.
595 WUUS1 KATL 010312 RRA SVRATL GAC199-010400- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1110 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 MIDNIGHT EDT * AT 1109 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR 1 MILE WEST OF WARM SPRINGS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... RALEIGH AROUND 1130 PM EDT MANCHESTER AROUND 1130 PM EDT CHALYBEATE SPRINGS AROUND 1140 PM EDT WOODBURY AROUND 1150 PM EDT 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.
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, 4 hours 34 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, 4 hours 34 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, 10:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 51 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.