Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 516, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1998, 4:19 PM EDT for Greene County, Hancock County, Taliaferro County, Georgia. It was in force for 61 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
- May 18, 1998, 4:19 PM EDT (20:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 1998, 5:20 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Greene County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 1314 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 919 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 182019 RRA SVRATL GAC133-141-265-182120- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 419 PM EDT MON MAY 18 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA WESTERN TALIAFERRO COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA * UNTIL 520 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A NEARLY STATIONARY CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTH FORK OF THE OGEECHEE RIVER BETWEEN ROBINSON AND MAYFIELD. THESE STORMS WERE SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT AND WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. 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. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE... ON FOOT. DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY NEAR CREEKS...DRAINAGE DITCHES OR URBAN SEWER SYSTEMS DURING OR AFTER HEAVY RAINS. IF RAPIDLY RISING WATER& THREATENS HOMES OR BUSINESSES IN YOUR AREA...OR IF YOU SEE ROADS OR BRIDGES BEING COVERED WITH WATER FROM RISING CREEKS OR STREAMS... CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT THE PHONE NUMBER ABOVE. MSS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro | 32 min |
| May 18, 4:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Taliaferro | 61 min |
Nearby
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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.