Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 330, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 1998, 5:28 PM EDT for Marion County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 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, 5:28 PM EDT (21:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 1998, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marion County, GA
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 113 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.
301 WUUS1 KATL 032131 RRA SVRATL GAC197-032215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 528 PM EDT SUN MAY 3 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MARION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 615 PM EDT * AT 527 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR 19 MILES WEST OF BERGINSVILLE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN AND NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... BERGINSVILLE AROUND 550 PM EDT BRANTLEY AROUND 555 PM EDT BUENA VISTA AROUND 600 PM EDT FIVE POINTS AROUND 605 PM EDT PUTNAM AROUND 605 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. 17/35
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, 4:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
GAZ101-116>119-136>141-151>154-164>166-032115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 418 PM EDT SUN MAY 3 1998 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR PART OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. THE WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 7PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... EFFINGHAM...CHATHAM...BRYAN...LIBERTY...LONG...MCINTOSH...WAYNE... GLYNN...PIERCE...BRANTLEY...CAMDEN...AND CHARLTON. WRS
Special weather statement, May 3, 4:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
GAZ101-116>119-136>141-151>154-164>166-032115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TO INCLUDE WARE COUNTY IN WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 423 PM EDT SUN MAY 3 1998 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR PART OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. THE WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 7PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... EFFINGHAM...CHATHAM...BRYAN...LIBERTY...LONG...MCINTOSH...WAYNE... GLYNN...PIERCE...BRANTLEY...CAMDEN...CHARLTON AND WARE. WRS
Special weather statement, May 3, 4:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
GAZ101-116>119-136>141-151>154-164>166-032115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TO INCLUDE WARE COUNTY IN WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 423 PM EDT SUN MAY 3 1998 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR PART OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. THE WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 7PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... EFFINGHAM...CHATHAM...BRYAN...LIBERTY...LONG...MCINTOSH...WAYNE... GLYNN...PIERCE...BRANTLEY...CAMDEN...CHARLTON AND WARE. WRS
Local storm report, May 3, 4:50 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT COR TO CAPITALS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
450 PM EDT SUN MAY 3 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
355-415 PM GA 0.88 INCH HAIL
5/3/98 FLOYD NICKLE SIZE HAIL CONTINUOUS
FOR 20 MINUTES.
344 PM GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/3/98 FLOYD QUARTER SIZE TO NEAR GOLFBALL
SIZE HAIL
345 PM WEST ROME GA 0.88 INCH HAIL
5/3/98 FLOYD DIME TO NICKLE SIZE HAIL
350-400 PM ROME GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/3/98 FLOYD DIME SIZE OR LARGER HAIL
356 PM GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/3/98 FLOYD LARGER THAN DIME SIZE.
400 PM ARMUCHEE, FLOYD CITY GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/3/98 FLOYD DIME SIZE HAIL
405 PM GLENWOOD, ARMUCHEE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/3/98 FLOYD DIME SIZE HAIL
413 PM 10 MILES NORTH KINGSTON GA 1.25 INCH HAIL
5/3/98 BARTOW HALF DOLLAR HAILLocal storm report, May 3, 4:50 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT COR TO CAPITALS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
450 PM EDT SUN MAY 3 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
355-415 PM GA 0.88 INCH HAIL
5/3/98 FLOYD NICKLE SIZE HAIL CONTINUOUS
FOR 20 MINUTES.
344 PM GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/3/98 FLOYD QUARTER SIZE TO NEAR GOLFBALL
SIZE HAIL
345 PM WEST ROME GA 0.88 INCH HAIL
5/3/98 FLOYD DIME TO NICKLE SIZE HAIL
350-400 PM ROME GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/3/98 FLOYD DIME SIZE OR LARGER HAIL
356 PM GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/3/98 FLOYD LARGER THAN DIME SIZE.
400 PM ARMUCHEE, FLOYD CITY GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/3/98 FLOYD DIME SIZE HAIL
405 PM GLENWOOD, ARMUCHEE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/3/98 FLOYD DIME SIZE HAIL
413 PM 10 MILES NORTH KINGSTON GA 1.25 INCH HAIL
5/3/98 BARTOW HALF DOLLAR HAILLocal storm report, May 3, 4:55 PM EDT, 33 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....
355-415 PM GA 0.88 inch hail
5/3/98 FLOYD NICKLE SIZE HAIL CONTINUOUS
FOR 20 MINUTES.
344 PM GA 1.75 inch hail
5/3/98 FLOYD QUARTER SIZE TO NEAR GOLFBALL
SIZE HAIL
345 PM WEST ROME GA 0.88 inch hail
5/3/98 FLOYD DIME TO NICKLE SIZE HAIL
350-400 PM ROME GA 0.75 inch hail
5/3/98 FLOYD DIME SIZE OR LARGER HAIL
356 PM GA 0.75 inch hail
5/3/98 FLOYD LARGER THAN DIME SIZE.
400 PM ARMUCHEE, FLOYD CITY GA 0.75 inch hail
5/3/98 FLOYD DIME SIZE HAIL
405 PM GLENWOOD, ARMUCHEE GA 0.75 inch hail
5/3/98 FLOYD DIME SIZE HAIL
413 PM 10 MILES NORTH KINGSTON GA 1.25 inch hail
5/3/98 BARTOW HALF DOLLAR HAILThe 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, 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, 5:35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.