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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 8, 1998Telfair County, Wheeler County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 8, 1998, 10:15 AM EST for Telfair County, Wheeler County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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
Mar 8, 1998, 10:15 AM EST (15:15 UTC)
Expired
Mar 8, 1998, 10:45 AM EST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Telfair County, GA, Wheeler County, GA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 8, 9:00 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 201 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 1998-03-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 35 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 1998-03-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 239 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
35 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-308 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
771 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
239 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
230 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

681 
WUUS1 KATL 081514 RRA
SVRATL
GAC271-309-081545-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1015 AM EST SUN MAR 8 1998
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...TELFAIR COUNTY...WHEELER COUNTY
 
AT 1015 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MCRAE IN TELFAIR COUNTY MOVING EAST
AT 35 MPH.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT IN OR NEAR THE WARNED AREA.
REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE
ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...LIGHTNING POSES A SERIOUS DANGER.
STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DONT 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.

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, Mar 8, 6:44 AM EST, 3 hours 31 minutes before
GAZ069-078>086-091>098-103>113-081245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
644 AM EST SUN MAR 8 1998

A TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

HARRIS...TALBOT...UPSON...CRAWFORD...BIBB...TWIGGS...WILKINSON...
JOHNSON...EMANUEL...TREUTLEN...LAURENS...BLECKLEY...HOUSTON...
PEACH...MACON...SCHLEY...WEBSTER...MARION AND TAYLOR.

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER
THESE COUNTIES
THROUGH 9 AM...HOWEVER THERE IS NO LONGER A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER
THIS MORNING.

KM
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 6:44 AM EST, 3 hours 31 minutes before
GAZ069-078>086-091>098-103>113-081245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
644 AM EST SUN MAR 8 1998

A TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

HARRIS...TALBOT...UPSON...CRAWFORD...BIBB...TWIGGS...WILKINSON...
JOHNSON...EMANUEL...TREUTLEN...LAURENS...BLECKLEY...HOUSTON...
PEACH...MACON...SCHLEY...WEBSTER...MARION AND TAYLOR.

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER
THESE COUNTIES
THROUGH 9 AM...HOWEVER THERE IS NO LONGER A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER
THIS MORNING.

KM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 4:51 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton4 hr
Mar 8, 7:24 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton3 hr
Mar 8, 10:49 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Toombs26 min
Mar 8, 1:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette29 min
Mar 8, 2:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard23 min
Mar 8, 2:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton31 min
Mar 8, 2:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter26 min
Mar 8, 3:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston34 min
Mar 8, 4:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga22 min
Mar 8, 4:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalker, Whitfield44 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.