Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 481, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 1998, 6:39 AM EDT for Bleckley County, Twiggs County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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, 6:39 AM EDT (10:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 1998, 7:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bleckley County, GA, Twiggs County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 6:55 AM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Tarversville, GA | The public reported from pea to golf ball size hail at the intersection of highways 96 and 87. |
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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 081039 RRA SVRATL GAC023-289-081115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 639 AM EDT FRI MAY 8 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BLECKLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA SOUTHERN TWIGGS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 715 AM EDT * AT 638 AM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR 7 MILES WEST OF TARVERSVILLE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... COLEY AROUND 650 AM EDT FIVE POINTS AROUND 655 AM EDT CARY AROUND 655 AM EDT COCHRAN AROUND 655 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/WS
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, 6:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taylor | 33 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.