Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 17, 1998, 8:50 AM EST for Banks County, Jackson County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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
- Feb 17, 1998, 8:50 AM EST (13:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 17, 1998, 9:15 AM EST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Banks County, GA, Jackson County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 8:55 AM EST | Hail 0.75 | Braselton, GA | |
| Feb 17, 9:00 AM EST | Hail 0.75 | Alto, GA | The public reported dime size hail covering the ground. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 6:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 510 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 85 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 626 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 581 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
507 WUUS1 KATL 171349 RRA SVRATL GAC011-013-157-171415- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 850 AM EST TUE FEB 17 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...BANKS COUNTY...BARROW COUNTY...JACKSON COUNTY AT 848 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS HALL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DIME SIZED HAIL HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM THESE STORMS SINCE 815 AM. 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 DONT 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. &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 5:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard | 31 min |
| Feb 17, 5:46 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 29 min |
| Feb 17, 6:17 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Polk | 58 min |
| Feb 17, 7:46 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 44 min |
| Feb 17, 8:17 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 28 min |
| Feb 17, 8:27 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Henry, Rockdale | 33 min |
| Feb 17, 8:27 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 33 min |
| Feb 17, 8:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lumpkin | 25 min |
| Feb 17, 8:42 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 33 min |
| Feb 17, 8:44 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Spalding | 31 min |
| Feb 17, 8:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow | 25 min |
| Feb 17, 8:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 31 min |
| Feb 17, 9:08 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 37 min |
| Feb 17, 10:07 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe | 38 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.