Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 480, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 1998, 6:22 AM EDT for Taylor County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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, 6:22 AM EDT (10:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 1998, 6:55 AM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Taylor County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 6:25 AM EDT | Hail 1 | Reynolds, GA |
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 8, 2:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 081022 RRA SVRATL GAC269-081055- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 622 AM EDT FRI MAY 8 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... TAYLOR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 655 AM EDT * AT 621 AM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF REYNOLDS MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... REYNOLDS AROUND 625 AM EDT 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. SBL/DH
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 8, 1:43 AM EDT, 4 hours 39 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, 4 hours 39 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 PUBLICSpecial weather statement, May 8, 4:20 AM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
GAZ030>039-041>062-080915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 420 AM EDT FRI MAY 8 1998 THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA... POLK...PAULDING...COBB...FULTON...GWINETT...BARROW...CLARKE... OGLETHORPE...CARROLL...DOUGLAS... DEKALB... WALTON...OCONEE... WILKES...HEARD...COWETA...FAYETTE...CLAYTON...ROCKDALE... NEWTON...HENRY...SPALDING...BUTTS...JASPER...PUTNAM...MORGAN ...GREENE...HANCOCK...WARREN...TALIAFERRO...HARALSON... 49
Special weather statement, May 8, 4:20 AM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
GAZ030>039-041>062-080915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 420 AM EDT FRI MAY 8 1998 THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA... POLK...PAULDING...COBB...FULTON...GWINETT...BARROW...CLARKE... OGLETHORPE...CARROLL...DOUGLAS... DEKALB... WALTON...OCONEE... WILKES...HEARD...COWETA...FAYETTE...CLAYTON...ROCKDALE... NEWTON...HENRY...SPALDING...BUTTS...JASPER...PUTNAM...MORGAN ...GREENE...HANCOCK...WARREN...TALIAFERRO...HARALSON... 49
Special weather statement, May 8, 6:15 AM EDT, 7 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-081635- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 615 AM EDT FRI MAY 8 1998 ONGOING THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL DISSIPATE DURING THE EARLY MORNING DAYLIGHT HOURS OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA. OTHERWISE... THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE TODAY NOR TONIGHT OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR PERSISTS OVER THE NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA AREA THIS MORNING. THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA ARE BEING FOCUSED BY AN OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM PREVIOUS STORMS. THESE STORMS WILL GRADUALLY DISSIPATE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. MEANWHILE...A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND NORTH ALABAMA THIS MORNING AND APPROACH NORTHWEST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER THE LACK OF STRONG UPPER AIR DYNAMICS WILL LIMIT ENERGY AVAILABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY ALTHOUGH ACTIVATION WILL PROBABLY NOT BE REQUIRED.
The 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, 1:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taliaferro, Wilkes | 49 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, 6:39 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.