Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 313, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 1998, 9:15 AM EDT for Heard County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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
- May 3, 1998, 9:15 AM EDT (13:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 1998, 9:50 AM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Heard County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 239 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1307 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
560 WUUS1 KATL 031317 RRA SVRATL GAC149-031350- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 915 AM EDT SUN MAY 3 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HEARD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA * UNTIL 950 AM EDT * AT 913 AM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR IN THE VICINITY OF SIMPSON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. 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. LEW/GLB
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
Special weather statement, May 3, 6:45 AM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-031600- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 645 AM EDT SUN MAY 3 1998 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AN INCREASING UNSTABLE AIRMASS ALONG WITH AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WITH UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT WILL GIVE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ANY TIME THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION LATER TODAY. EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY. BDL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 9:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 33 min |
| May 3, 10:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 35 min |
| May 3, 10:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Spalding | 49 min |
| May 3, 10:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Pike | 47 min |
| May 3, 11:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford | 36 min |
| May 3, 11:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb | 51 min |
| May 3, 12:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson, Washington | 35 min |
| May 3, 12:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilcox | 32 min |
| May 3, 1:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Toombs | 34 min |
| May 3, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 47 min |
| May 3, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 62 min |
| May 3, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 32 min |
| May 3, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee | 48 min |
| May 3, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 34 min |
| May 3, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 47 min |
| May 3, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 48 min |
| May 3, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion | 47 min |
| May 3, 5:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 35 min |
| May 3, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 50 min |
| May 3, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 34 min |
| May 3, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 36 min |
| May 3, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Webster | 18 min |
| May 3, 6:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 37 min |
| May 3, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Schley, Webster | 35 min |
| May 3, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow | 48 min |
| May 3, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 33 min |
| May 3, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Monroe | 37 min |
| May 3, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 33 min |
| May 3, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston | 37 min |
| May 3, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper | 35 min |
| May 3, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Sumter | 34 min |
| May 3, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard | 37 min |
| May 3, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Henry, Spalding | 49 min |
| May 3, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 49 min |
| May 3, 7:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Houston, Twiggs | 34 min |
| May 3, 7:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Monroe | 37 min |
| May 3, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lumpkin | 50 min |
| May 3, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 34 min |
| May 3, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb | 33 min |
| May 3, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper | 51 min |
| May 3, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 50 min |
| May 3, 7:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones | 48 min |
| May 3, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 32 min |
| May 3, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkinson | 35 min |
| May 3, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb | 48 min |
| May 3, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 51 min |
| May 3, 7:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jasper, Monroe | 33 min |
| May 3, 7:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jones | 35 min |
| May 3, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fulton | 48 min |
| May 3, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Spalding | 47 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.