Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 320, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 1998, 12:45 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Washington 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, 12:45 PM EDT (16:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 1998, 1:20 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jefferson County, GA, Washington County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 181 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.
663 WUUS1 KATL 031647 RRA SVRATL GAC163-303-031720- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1245 PM EDT SUN MAY 3 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 120 PM EDT * AT 1244 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DAVISBORO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN AND NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... DAVISBORO AROUND 1250 PM EDT BARTOW AROUND 1255 PM EDT LOUISVILLE AROUND 105 PM EDT WRENS AROUND 115 PM EDT STELLAVILLE AROUND 115 PM EDT 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. MR/KDF
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, 6 hours 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
Local storm report, May 3, 12:45 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1243 AM EDT SUN MAY 3 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1005 AM SHARPSBURG GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/3/98 COWETA REPORTED BY COWETA 911 ALONG
TABBY LYNCH RD.
1200 PM MACON GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/3/98 BIBB REPORTED BY PUBLIC.The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 9:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard | 35 min |
| 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, 12:48 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.