Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 300, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 1998, 12:11 AM EDT for Spalding County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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
- May 1, 1998, 12:11 AM EDT (04:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 1998, 12:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Spalding County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 12:30 AM EDT | Hail 1 | Sunny Side, GA | Several public reports indicated dime to quarter size hail. |
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 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 23 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.
807 WUUS1 KATL 010413 RRA SVRATL GAC255-010445- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1211 AM EDT FRI MAY 1 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SPALDING COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA * UNTIL 1245 AM EDT * AT 1209 AM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR 2 MILES WEST OF ROVER MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... EXPERIMENT AROUND 1225 AM EDT GRIFFIN AROUND 1225 AM EDT ORCHARD HILL AROUND 1230 AM EDT POMONA AROUND 1230 AM EDT SUNNY SIDE AROUND 1230 AM EDT TOWALAGA AROUND 1240 AM EDT WALKER MILL AROUND 1240 AM 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, 5 hours 35 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, 5 hours 35 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, 11:10 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, 12:32 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
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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.