Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 324, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 1998, 3:33 PM EDT for Floyd County, Georgia. It was in force for 62 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 3, 1998, 3:33 PM EDT (19:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 1998, 4:35 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Floyd County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 3:35 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Rome, GA | Numerous public reports indicated large hail fell across Floyd county. Quarter size up to golf ball size hail was reported 10 miles northwest of Rome. Dime to nickel size was indicated in Rome, Armuchee, and the eastern parts of the county. It hailed continuo |
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 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 119 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.
490 WUUS1 KATL 031936 RRA SVRATL GAC115-032035- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 333 PM EDT SUN MAY 3 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA * UNTIL 435 PM EDT * AT 331 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ARMUCHEE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN AND NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... ROME AROUND 350 PM EDT ARMUCHEE AROUND 350 PM EDT EVERETT SPRINGS AROUND 400 PM EDT SHANNON AROUND 405 PM EDT PINSON AROUND 405 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
Local storm report, May 3, 12:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 48 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, 12:45 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, 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
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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.