Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 458, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 1998, 1:56 AM EDT for Taliaferro County, Wilkes County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 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 8, 1998, 1:56 AM EDT (05:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 1998, 2:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Taliaferro County, GA, Wilkes County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2:05 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Washington, GA | Thunderstorm winds ripped a canopy from the front of a downtown business. Other damage was noted at shopping center where utility buildings on display were destroyed. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 9:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 2212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 923 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 9.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 080556 RRA SVRATL GAC265-317-080645- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 156 AM EDT FRI MAY 8 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... TALIAFERRO COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA WILKES COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA * UNTIL 245 AM EDT * AT 155 AM EDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 2 SOUTH UNION POINT TO 10 SOUTHEAST SANDY CROSS MOVING SOUTHEAST 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. 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/PM
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 7, 10:45 PM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1045 PM EDT THU MAY 7 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1020 AM SUGERLOAF GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 GWINNETT DIME SIZE HAIL BEHIND
GWINNETT PLACE MALL
1115 AM WESTERN ATHENS GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 CLARKE
842 AM BALL GROUND GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 CHEROKEE
940 AM CARROLL COUNTY GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 CARROLL
1011 AM GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 BARTOW
1000 AM PLAINVILLE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 GORDON
340 PM HIAWASSE GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 TOWNS QUARTER SIZE HAIL AN A FUNNEL
CLOUD SPOTTED.
400 PM 9 N BLAIRSVILLE GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 UNION
358 PM LAKE NOTTELY GA TORNADO
5/7/98 UNION
406 PM HIAWASEE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 TOWNS
409 PM YOUNG HARRIS GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 TOWNS GOLF BALL TO BASEBALL SIZE
428 PM 1 S DAWSONVILLE GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 DAWSON DIME AND LARGER HAIL
420 PM HIAWASEE GA 1.25 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 TOWNS
436 PM 6 N GAINESVILLE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 HALL
443 PM RESACA GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 WHITFIELD
515 PM 3 E BLAIRSVILLE GA TORNADO
5/7/98 UNION TREES DOWN ON CARS.
600 PM 2 NE CANTON GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 CHEROKEE 2 HAM SPOTTERS REPORTED
FUNNEL CLOUD AND QUARTER
SIZE HAIL.
1050 AM WINDER GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 BARROW
1100 AM ATHENS GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 CLARKE QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL.
1100 AM LITHONIA GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 DEKALB
1135 AM LEXINGTON GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 OGLETHORPE
915 AM CEDARTOWN GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 POLK
355 PM 7 N BLAIRSVILLE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 UNION DIME SIZE HAIL..POWER LINES
405 PM 10 W YOUNG HARRIS GA TORNADO
5/7/98 UNION EMA DIR REPORTED TORNADO
10 WEST YOUNG HARRIS MOVING
EAST.
503 PM GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 BANKS
535 PM 10 E ELLIJAY GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 GILMER PUBLIC REPORTS QUARTER TO
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL.
550 PM WALESKA GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 CHEROKEE
643 PM CLERMONT GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 HALL FUNNEL CLOUD MOVING SOUTHEAST
645 PM WHITFIELD COUNTY GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 WHITFIELD
615 PM TRENTON GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 DADE GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL DAMAGED
A HOUSE...LIMBS DOWNED.
REPORTED FROM 615 TO 630 PM.
825 PM 4 N CARTERSVILLE GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 BARTOW QUARTER SIZE HAIL
828 PM CUMMING GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 FORSYTH
755 PM JASPER GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 PICKENS QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
815 PM 10 W CUMMING GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 FORSYTH GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
820 PM CARTERSVILLE GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 BARTOW DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
REPORTED BETWEEN 820 AND 830 PM.
812 PM DUCKTOWN GA 2.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 FORSYTH GOLFBALL TO BASEBALL SIZE
HAIL REPORTD BETWEEN 812 AND 817
PM.
813 PM ADAIRSVILLE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 BARTOW DIME SIZE HAIL FROM 813 TO
817 PM.
815 PM 2 N CASSVILLE GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 BARTOW QUARTER TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
815 TO 820 PM.
545 PM NEAR DAWSONVILLE GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 DAWSON QUARTER SIZE HAIL
609 PM FREEHOLM GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 CHEROKEE GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
611 PM 1 W DAHLONEGA GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 LUMPKIN
621 PM CUMMING GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 FORSYTH GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
650 PM BRASELTON GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 JACKSON
653 PM TIGNAL GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 WILKES
729 PM CHATOOGA CITY GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 WALKER
738 PM ATHENS GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 CLARKE
737 PM CHATOOGA CITY GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 WALKER QUARTER SIZE HAIL SEVERAL
TREES DOWN. TREE ON DEPUTYS
CAR.
625 PM ROCK SPRINGS GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 WALKER
645 PM FLOWERY BRANCH GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 HALL QUARTER TO GOLFBALL SIZE
727 PM ATHENS GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 CLARKE FUNNEL CLOUD..HIGH WINDS AND
QUARTER TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
759 PM BALL GROUND GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 CHEROKEELocal storm report, May 8, 12:03 AM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1203 AM EDT FRI MAY 8 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1245 AM LAWRENCEVILLE GA 2.75 inch hail
5/8/98 GWINNETT PUBLIC REPORTS BASEBALL
SIZE HAIL
1210 AM 6N ALPHARETTA GA 1.00 inch hail
5/8/98 FORSYTH PUBLIC REPORTS QUARTER SIZE
HAIL
1215 AM 2NE DULUTH GA 1.75 inch hail
5/8/98 FULTON PUBLIC REPORTS GOLFBALL
SIZE HAIL
1225 AM CARROLLTON GA .88
5/8/98 CARROLL PUBLIC REPORTS NICKEL
SIZE HAIL
1217 AM ALPHARETTA GA 1.00 inch hail
5/8/98 FULTON PUBLIC REPORTS QUARTER
SIZE HAIL
1245 AM AUBURN GA 0.75 inch hail
5/8/98 BARROW PUBLIC REPORTS DIME SIZE
HAIL
105 AM 3N THOMAS CROSSROADS GA 1.25 inch hail
5/8/98 COWETA PUBLIC REPORTS HALF-DOLLAR
SIZE HAIL
136 AM GA WIND DAMAGE
5/8/98 OCONEE EMA REPORTED POWER LINES &
TREES DOWN. SOME STRUCTURE
DAMAGE. BOTH IN NORTHERN
PART OF COUNTY ALONG HWY 78.
930-1000 PM
WOODSTOCK GA 2.50 inch hail
5/7/98 CHEROKEE PUBLIC REPORTS HAIL DAMAGE
TO CARS AND RV.
635 AM BONAIRE GA 1.75 inch hail
5/8/98 HOUSTON PUBLIC REPORTS DIME TO
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
700 PM 2S LEKINGTON GA 0.75 inch hail
5/7/98 OGLETHORPE PUBLIC REPORTS DIME TO FIST
SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND
710 AM FT VALLEY GA 1.75 inch hail
5/8/98 PEACH PUBLIC REPORTS GOLFBALL
SIZE HAIL
815 PM CUMMING GA 2.75 inch hail
5/7/98 FORSYTH PUBLIC REPORTS BASEBALL
SIZE HAIL
725 AM DUBLIN GA 1.00 inch hail
5/8/98 LAURENS PUBLIC REPORTS QUARTER SIZE
HAIL
100 AM MADRAS GA 1.50
5/8/98 COWETA PUBLIC REPORTS HAIL THE SIZE
OF LEMONS DAMAGED CAR
840 PM 4W CARTERSVILLE GA WINDS
5/7/98 BARTOW PUBLIC REPORTS ESTIMATED
WINDS OF 60-65 MPH MOVING
CARS. ALSO 3.75 INCHS RAIN
IN 21 MINUTES.
335 AM 7NE MACON GA 0.75 inch hail
5/8/98 JONES PUBLIC REPORTS DIME SIZE
HAIL
335 AM 5SW GRAY GA 0.75 inch hail
5/8/98 JONES PUBLIC REPORTS DIME SIZE
HAIL
110 AM 4N MONROE GA 1.00 inch hail
5/8/98 WALTON PUBLIC REPORTS QUARTER SIZE
HAIL
110 AM NEWNAN GA 1.75 inch hail
5/8/98 COWETA PUBLIC REPORTS GOLFBALL
SIZE HAIL
115 AM TYRONE GA 1.00 inch hail
5/8/98 FAYETTE PUBLIC REPORTS QUARTER SIZE
HAIL
125 AM PEACHTREE CITY GA 1.00 inch hail
5/8/98 FAYETTE PUBLIC REPORTS QUARTER SIZE
HAIL
120 AM MT VERNON GA .88
5/8/98 WALTON PUBLIC REPORTS NICKLE SIZE
HAIL
145 AM WHITESBURG GA 1.75 inch hail
5/8/98 CARROLL PUBLIC REPORTS GOLFBALL
SIZE HAIL
205 AM LOCUST GROVE GA .88
5/8/98 HENRY PUBLIC REPORTS NICKLE SIZE
HAIL
205 AM 4E FRANKLIN GA 0.75 inch hail
5/8/98 HEARD PUBLIC REPORTS DIME SIZE
HAIL
210 AM 7N GRIFFIN GA 1.00 inch hail
5/8/98 SPALDING PUBLIC REPORTS QUARTER SIZE
HAIL
210 AM JACKSON GA 0.75 inch hail
5/8/98 BUTTS PUBLIC REPORTS DIME SIZE
HAIL
855-900 PM BUFORD GA 1.00 inch hail
5/7/98 HALL PUBLIC REPORTS DIME TO
QUARTER SIZE HAIL
910-915 PM 10N WINDER GA 2.00
5/7/98 JACKSON PUBLIC REPORTS HAIL 2 INCHS
IN DIAMETER
732 PM ATHENS GA .88
5/7/98 CLARKE PUBLIC REPORTS DIME TO
NICKEL SIZE HAIL
740 PM GA 1.75 inch hail
5/7/98 CHATTOOGA PUBLIC REPORTS QUARTER TO
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
915 PM 2E WOODSTOCK GA 1.75 inch hail
5/7/98 CHEROKEE PUBLIC REPORTS GOLFBALL
SIZE HAIL
750 PM ADAIRSVILLE GA 0.75 inch hail
5/7/98 BARTOW PUBLIC REPORTS DIME SIZE
HAIL
435 PM 7NW GAINESVILLE GA .88
5/7/98 HALL PUBLIC REPORTS NICKEL SIZE
HAIL
530 PM GA 1.00 inch hail
5/7/98 DAWSON PUBLIC REPORTS QUARTER SIZE
HAIL
620 PM GA 1.75 inch hail
5/7/98 HALL PUBLIC REPORTS GOLFBALL
SIZE HAIL
620 PM GA 1.75 inch hail
5/7/98 LUMPKIN PUBLIC REPORTS GOLFBALL
SIZE HAIL
445 PM 6S GAINESVILLE GA .88
5/7/98 HALL PUBLIC REPORTS NICKEL SIZE
HAIL
NMLocal storm report, May 8, 1:43 AM EDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
143 AM EDT FRI MAY 8 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1020 AM SUGERLOAF GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 GWINNETT DIME SIZE HAIL BEHIND
GWINNETT PLACE MALL
1115 AM WESTERN ATHENS GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 CLARKE
842 AM BALL GROUND GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 CHEROKEE
940 AM CARROLL COUNTY GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 CARROLL
1011 AM GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 BARTOW
1000 AM PLAINVILLE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 GORDON
340 PM HIAWASSE GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 TOWNS QUARTER SIZE HAIL AN A FUNNEL
CLOUD SPOTTED.
400 PM 9 N BLAIRSVILLE GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 UNION
358 PM LAKE NOTTELY GA TORNADO
5/7/98 UNION
406 PM HIAWASEE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 TOWNS
409 PM YOUNG HARRIS GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 TOWNS GOLF BALL TO BASEBALL SIZE
428 PM 1 S DAWSONVILLE GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 DAWSON DIME AND LARGER HAIL
420 PM HIAWASEE GA 1.25 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 TOWNS
436 PM 6 N GAINESVILLE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 HALL
443 PM RESACA GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 WHITFIELD
515 PM 3 E BLAIRSVILLE GA TORNADO
5/7/98 UNION TREES DOWN ON CARS.
600 PM 2 NE CANTON GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 CHEROKEE 2 HAM SPOTTERS REPORTED
FUNNEL CLOUD AND QUARTER
SIZE HAIL.
1050 AM WINDER GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 BARROW
1100 AM ATHENS GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 CLARKE QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL.
1100 AM LITHONIA GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 DEKALB
1135 AM LEXINGTON GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 OGLETHORPE
915 AM CEDARTOWN GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 POLK
355 PM 7 N BLAIRSVILLE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 UNION DIME SIZE HAIL..POWER LINES
405 PM 10 W YOUNG HARRIS GA TORNADO
5/7/98 UNION EMA DIR REPORTED TORNADO
10 WEST YOUNG HARRIS MOVING
EAST.
503 PM GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 BANKS
535 PM 10 E ELLIJAY GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 GILMER PUBLIC REPORTS QUARTER TO
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL.
550 PM WALESKA GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 CHEROKEE
643 PM CLERMONT GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 HALL FUNNEL CLOUD MOVING SOUTHEAST
645 PM WHITFIELD COUNTY GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 WHITFIELD
615 PM TRENTON GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 DADE GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL DAMAGED
A HOUSE...LIMBS DOWNED.
REPORTED FROM 615 TO 630 PM.
825 PM 4 N CARTERSVILLE GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 BARTOW QUARTER SIZE HAIL
828 PM CUMMING GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 FORSYTH
755 PM JASPER GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 PICKENS QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
815 PM 10 W CUMMING GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 FORSYTH GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
820 PM CARTERSVILLE GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 BARTOW DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
REPORTED BETWEEN 820 AND 830 PM.
812 PM DUCKTOWN GA 2.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 FORSYTH GOLFBALL TO BASEBALL SIZE
HAIL REPORTD BETWEEN 812 AND 817
PM.
813 PM ADAIRSVILLE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 BARTOW DIME SIZE HAIL FROM 813 TO
817 PM.
815 PM 2 N CASSVILLE GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 BARTOW QUARTER TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
815 TO 820 PM.
545 PM NEAR DAWSONVILLE GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 DAWSON QUARTER SIZE HAIL
609 PM FREEHOLM GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 CHEROKEE GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
611 PM 1 W DAHLONEGA GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 LUMPKIN
621 PM CUMMING GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 FORSYTH GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
650 PM BRASELTON GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 JACKSON
653 PM TIGNAL GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 WILKES
729 PM CHATOOGA CITY GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 WALKER
738 PM ATHENS GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 CLARKE
737 PM CHATOOGA CITY GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 WALKER QUARTER SIZE HAIL SEVERAL
TREES DOWN. TREE ON DEPUTYS
CAR.
625 PM ROCK SPRINGS GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 WALKER
645 PM FLOWERY BRANCH GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 HALL QUARTER TO GOLFBALL SIZE
727 PM ATHENS GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 CLARKE FUNNEL CLOUD..HIGH WINDS AND
QUARTER TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
759 PM BALL GROUND GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 CHEROKEE
915 PM ROSWELL GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 FULTON REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC
940 PM DULUTH GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 GWINNETT REPORTED BY PUBLIC
900 PM GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 BARTOW REPORTED ON BISHOP ROAD
800 PM CUMMING GA 2.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 FORSYTH HAIL SIZE GOLFBALL TO
1025 PM LOGANVILLE GA 0.50 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 WALTON REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC
1030 PM MONROE GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 WALTON REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC
823 PM MACK GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 FORSYTH REPORTED BY PUBLIC
848 PM KENNESAW GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 COBB REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC
855 PM WOODSTOCK GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 CHEROKEE REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC
850 PM GA WIND DAMAGE
5/7/98 FORSYTH SEVERAL TREES DOWN AND POWER
LINES...REPORTED BY EMA
715 PM 4N RESACA GA 2.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 WHITFIELD REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC
732 PM ATHENS GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 CLARKE REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC
740 PM TRION GA 2.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 CHATTOOGA REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC
750 PM JASPER GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 PICKENS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC
800 PM ARMUCHEE GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 FLOYD
800 PM 2.5 S JASPER GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 PICKENS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC
802 PM BALLGROUND GA 1.25 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 CHEROKEE REPORTED BY THE PUBLICLocal storm report, May 8, 1:43 AM EDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
143 AM EDT FRI MAY 8 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1020 AM SUGERLOAF GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 GWINNETT DIME SIZE HAIL BEHIND
GWINNETT PLACE MALL
1115 AM WESTERN ATHENS GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 CLARKE
842 AM BALL GROUND GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 CHEROKEE
940 AM CARROLL COUNTY GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 CARROLL
1011 AM GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 BARTOW
1000 AM PLAINVILLE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 GORDON
340 PM HIAWASSE GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 TOWNS QUARTER SIZE HAIL AN A FUNNEL
CLOUD SPOTTED.
400 PM 9 N BLAIRSVILLE GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 UNION
358 PM LAKE NOTTELY GA TORNADO
5/7/98 UNION
406 PM HIAWASEE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 TOWNS
409 PM YOUNG HARRIS GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 TOWNS GOLF BALL TO BASEBALL SIZE
428 PM 1 S DAWSONVILLE GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 DAWSON DIME AND LARGER HAIL
420 PM HIAWASEE GA 1.25 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 TOWNS
436 PM 6 N GAINESVILLE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 HALL
443 PM RESACA GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 WHITFIELD
515 PM 3 E BLAIRSVILLE GA TORNADO
5/7/98 UNION TREES DOWN ON CARS.
600 PM 2 NE CANTON GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 CHEROKEE 2 HAM SPOTTERS REPORTED
FUNNEL CLOUD AND QUARTER
SIZE HAIL.
1050 AM WINDER GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 BARROW
1100 AM ATHENS GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 CLARKE QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL.
1100 AM LITHONIA GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 DEKALB
1135 AM LEXINGTON GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 OGLETHORPE
915 AM CEDARTOWN GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 POLK
355 PM 7 N BLAIRSVILLE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 UNION DIME SIZE HAIL..POWER LINES
405 PM 10 W YOUNG HARRIS GA TORNADO
5/7/98 UNION EMA DIR REPORTED TORNADO
10 WEST YOUNG HARRIS MOVING
EAST.
503 PM GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 BANKS
535 PM 10 E ELLIJAY GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 GILMER PUBLIC REPORTS QUARTER TO
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL.
550 PM WALESKA GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 CHEROKEE
643 PM CLERMONT GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 HALL FUNNEL CLOUD MOVING SOUTHEAST
645 PM WHITFIELD COUNTY GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 WHITFIELD
615 PM TRENTON GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 DADE GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL DAMAGED
A HOUSE...LIMBS DOWNED.
REPORTED FROM 615 TO 630 PM.
825 PM 4 N CARTERSVILLE GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 BARTOW QUARTER SIZE HAIL
828 PM CUMMING GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 FORSYTH
755 PM JASPER GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 PICKENS QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
815 PM 10 W CUMMING GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 FORSYTH GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
820 PM CARTERSVILLE GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 BARTOW DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
REPORTED BETWEEN 820 AND 830 PM.
812 PM DUCKTOWN GA 2.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 FORSYTH GOLFBALL TO BASEBALL SIZE
HAIL REPORTD BETWEEN 812 AND 817
PM.
813 PM ADAIRSVILLE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 BARTOW DIME SIZE HAIL FROM 813 TO
817 PM.
815 PM 2 N CASSVILLE GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 BARTOW QUARTER TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
815 TO 820 PM.
545 PM NEAR DAWSONVILLE GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 DAWSON QUARTER SIZE HAIL
609 PM FREEHOLM GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 CHEROKEE GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
611 PM 1 W DAHLONEGA GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 LUMPKIN
621 PM CUMMING GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 FORSYTH GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
650 PM BRASELTON GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 JACKSON
653 PM TIGNAL GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 WILKES
729 PM CHATOOGA CITY GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 WALKER
738 PM ATHENS GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 CLARKE
737 PM CHATOOGA CITY GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 WALKER QUARTER SIZE HAIL SEVERAL
TREES DOWN. TREE ON DEPUTYS
CAR.
625 PM ROCK SPRINGS GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 WALKER
645 PM FLOWERY BRANCH GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 HALL QUARTER TO GOLFBALL SIZE
727 PM ATHENS GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 CLARKE FUNNEL CLOUD..HIGH WINDS AND
QUARTER TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
759 PM BALL GROUND GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 CHEROKEE
915 PM ROSWELL GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 FULTON REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC
940 PM DULUTH GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 GWINNETT REPORTED BY PUBLIC
900 PM GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 BARTOW REPORTED ON BISHOP ROAD
800 PM CUMMING GA 2.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 FORSYTH HAIL SIZE GOLFBALL TO
1025 PM LOGANVILLE GA 0.50 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 WALTON REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC
1030 PM MONROE GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 WALTON REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC
823 PM MACK GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 FORSYTH REPORTED BY PUBLIC
848 PM KENNESAW GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 COBB REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC
855 PM WOODSTOCK GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 CHEROKEE REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC
850 PM GA WIND DAMAGE
5/7/98 FORSYTH SEVERAL TREES DOWN AND POWER
LINES...REPORTED BY EMA
715 PM 4N RESACA GA 2.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 WHITFIELD REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC
732 PM ATHENS GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 CLARKE REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC
740 PM TRION GA 2.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 CHATTOOGA REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC
750 PM JASPER GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 PICKENS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC
800 PM ARMUCHEE GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 FLOYD
800 PM 2.5 S JASPER GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 PICKENS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC
802 PM BALLGROUND GA 1.25 INCH HAIL
5/7/98 CHEROKEE REPORTED BY THE PUBLICThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 34 min |
| May 7, 8:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 48 min |
| May 7, 8:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Hall | 33 min |
| May 7, 8:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 34 min |
| May 7, 8:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee | 47 min |
| May 7, 8:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 48 min |
| May 7, 8:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 36 min |
| May 7, 9:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 37 min |
| May 7, 9:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 51 min |
| May 7, 9:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Madison | 49 min |
| May 7, 9:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 47 min |
| May 7, 9:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 32 min |
| May 7, 10:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe | 47 min |
| May 7, 10:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Gordon | 35 min |
| May 7, 10:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 48 min |
| May 7, 10:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 51 min |
| May 7, 10:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 34 min |
| May 7, 11:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Hall | 32 min |
| May 7, 11:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Towns, Union | 34 min |
| May 7, 11:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 48 min |
| May 7, 11:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 34 min |
| May 7, 11:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 48 min |
| May 7, 11:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard | 49 min |
| May 7, 11:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 48 min |
| May 8, 12:08 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll | 32 min |
| May 8, 12:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Walton | 33 min |
| May 8, 12:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Paulding | 48 min |
| May 8, 12:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton | 33 min |
| May 8, 12:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, Fulton | 35 min |
| May 8, 12:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oconee, Walton | 48 min |
| May 8, 12:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fayette | 51 min |
| May 8, 1:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan | 47 min |
| May 8, 1:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 34 min |
| May 8, 1:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Oglethorpe | 51 min |
| May 8, 1:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fulton | 34 min |
| May 8, 1:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry, Spalding | 50 min |
| May 8, 1:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fayette | 36 min |
| May 8, 1:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Heard | 33 min |
| May 8, 1:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts | 52 min |
| May 8, 2:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 33 min |
| May 8, 2:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper | 51 min |
| May 8, 2:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Pike, Spalding | 37 min |
| May 8, 2:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Monroe | 51 min |
| May 8, 2:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones | 49 min |
| May 8, 3:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin | 51 min |
| May 8, 3:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb | 33 min |
| May 8, 3:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock, Washington | 33 min |
| May 8, 3:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs, Wilkinson | 49 min |
| May 8, 4:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 47 min |
| May 8, 4:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Monroe | 32 min |
| May 8, 4:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Washington | 33 min |
| May 8, 4:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb | 35 min |
| May 8, 4:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs | 34 min |
| May 8, 5:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Troup | 36 min |
| May 8, 5:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Talbot | 32 min |
| May 8, 5:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taylor, Upson | 35 min |
| May 8, 5:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Talbot | 31 min |
| May 8, 6:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford | 50 min |
| May 8, 6:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Peach | 34 min |
| May 8, 6:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taylor | 33 min |
| May 8, 6:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Twiggs | 36 min |
| May 8, 6:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Peach | 36 min |
| May 8, 6:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens | 46 min |
| May 8, 7:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pulaski | 18 min |
| May 8, 7:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley | 35 min |
| May 8, 7:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taylor | 34 min |
| May 8, 7:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Treutlen | 35 min |
| May 8, 7:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon | 31 min |
| May 8, 8:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Toombs | 50 min |
| May 8, 8:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston | 34 min |
| May 8, 8:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pulaski | 34 min |
| May 8, 8:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge | 34 min |
| May 8, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair | 18 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.