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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 8, 1998Sumter County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 8, 1998, 2:49 PM EST for Sumter County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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, 2:49 PM EST (19:49 UTC)
Expired
Mar 8, 1998, 3:15 PM EST
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Sumter 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, 12:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 151 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1998-03-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 157 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1998-03-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 398 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 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
157 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
698 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
398 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
514 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 081949 RRA
SVRATL
GAC261-082015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
249 PM EST SUN MAR 8 1998
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...SUMTER COUNTY
 
AT 250 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST LESLIE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
 
DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING
ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM
WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. BOATERS, GOLFERS, AND OTHERS
INVOLVED IN OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
 
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.
 
GMB/WR*S

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, 11:12 AM EST, 3 hours 37 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
091>098-103>113-082300-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1112 AM EST SUN MAR 8 1998

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA
THIS AFTERNOON FROM COLUMBUS TO PERRY TO LYONS IN TOOMBS COUNTY AND
SOUTHWARD. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
REMAINDER OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON.

A WARMFRONT DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTH ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA AT LATE MORNING
WILL ALLOW MOIST UNSTABLE AIR TO SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL FEATURE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL
ADVANCE EASTWARD THIS AFTERNOON ADDING FURTHER DESTABILIZATION TO THE
AIRMASS OVER THE SOUTHEAST. THUS THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS
AFTERNOON.

SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANANGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER
THIS AFTERNOON SINCE ACTIVATION MAY BECOME NECESSARY.
Local storm report, Mar 8, 1:35 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
135 PM EST SUN MAR 8 1998

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

125 PM     SENOIA                    GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
3/8/98     COWETA

126 PM     PEACHTREE CITY            GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
3/8/98     FAYETTE                        DIME SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED
                                          BETWEEN SEOIA AND PEACHTREE
                                          CITY

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, 10:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair, Wheeler30 min
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, 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.