Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 502, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 1998, 2:33 AM EDT for Cobb County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 min. 2 reports 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 10, 1998, 2:33 AM EDT (06:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 1998, 3:05 AM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cobb County, GA, Fulton County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2:40 AM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Marietta, GA | |
| May 10, 2:43 AM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Sandy Spgs, 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 10, 12:30 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 55 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
- 37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -470 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 100633 RRA SVRATL GAC067-121-100705- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 233 AM EDT SUN MAY 10 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... COBB COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA NORTHERN FULTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA * UNTIL 305 AM EDT * AT 231 AM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR 6 MILES WEST OF VININGS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... VININGS AROUND 235 AM EDT CHASTAIN MEMORIAL PARK AROUND 240 AM EDT SANDY SPRINGS AROUND 240 AM EDT ROSWELL AROUND 245 AM EDT ALPHARETTA AROUND 250 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.
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 10, 1:34 AM EDT, 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
134 AM EDT SAT MAY 10 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1150 PM FELTON GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/9/98 POLK REPORTED BY HAM
1153 PM FISH CREEK GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/9/98 POLK REPORTED BY HAM
1230 AM 4 SE CARTERSVILLE GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/10/98 BARTOW REPORTED BY PUBLIC
1250 AM BROOKHAVEN GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/10/98 FULTON ALONG CHAMBLEE ROAD
1250 AM VININGS GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/10/98 COBB REPORTED BY PUBLIC
1255 AM SANDY SPRINGS GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/10/98 FULTON REPORTED BY PUBLIC
1250 AM SANDY SPRINGS GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/10/98 FULTON REPORTED BY PUBLIC
105 AM DUNWOODY GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/10/98 DEKALB REPORTED BY PUBLC
108 AM NORCROSS GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/10/98 GWINNETT REPORTED BY PUBLC
110 AM 8 SW CUMMING GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/10/98 FORSYTH REPORTED BY PUBLIC
134 AM PALMETTO GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/10/98 FULTON REPORTED BY PUBLICLocal storm report, May 10, 1:34 AM EDT, 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
134 AM EDT SAT MAY 10 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1150 PM FELTON GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/9/98 POLK REPORTED BY HAM
1153 PM FISH CREEK GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/9/98 POLK REPORTED BY HAM
1230 AM 4 SE CARTERSVILLE GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/10/98 BARTOW REPORTED BY PUBLIC
1250 AM BROOKHAVEN GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/10/98 FULTON ALONG CHAMBLEE ROAD
1250 AM VININGS GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/10/98 COBB REPORTED BY PUBLIC
1255 AM SANDY SPRINGS GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/10/98 FULTON REPORTED BY PUBLIC
1250 AM SANDY SPRINGS GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/10/98 FULTON REPORTED BY PUBLIC
105 AM DUNWOODY GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/10/98 DEKALB REPORTED BY PUBLC
108 AM NORCROSS GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/10/98 GWINNETT REPORTED BY PUBLC
110 AM 8 SW CUMMING GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/10/98 FORSYTH REPORTED BY PUBLIC
134 AM PALMETTO GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/10/98 FULTON REPORTED BY PUBLICThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 12:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Paulding, Polk | 36 min |
| May 10, 12:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb | 35 min |
| May 10, 12:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Fulton | 33 min |
| May 10, 12:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 35 min |
| May 10, 12:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 34 min |
| May 10, 12:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 34 min |
| May 10, 1:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Douglas, Fulton | 52 min |
| May 10, 1:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Hall, Jackson | 33 min |
| May 10, 3:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Paulding | 35 min |
| May 10, 3:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 36 min |
| May 10, 3:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 35 min |
| May 10, 4:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 34 min |
| May 10, 4:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 32 min |
| May 10, 5:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oconee, Walton | 49 min |
| May 10, 5:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan | 49 min |
| May 10, 6:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taliaferro, Wilkes | 35 min |
| May 10, 8:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Troup | 36 min |
| May 10, 9:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | White | 20 min |
| May 10, 12:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Washington | 35 min |
| May 10, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 33 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.