Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 1, 1998, 4:16 AM EST for Coweta County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 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
- Apr 1, 1998, 4:16 AM EST (09:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 1, 1998, 5:00 AM EST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Coweta County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 24 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
- 85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1415 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
245 WUUS1 KATL 010918 RRA SVRATL GAC077-011000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 416 AM EST WED APR 1 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...COWETA COUNTY AT 415 AM EST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST COWETA COUNTY 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEWNAN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. 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 DONT 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.
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, Apr 1, 12:51 AM EST, 3 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1251 AM EST WED APR 1 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1135 PM RANGER GA WIND DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOME
3/31/98 GORDON *** 3 INJ ***Local storm report, Apr 1, 12:51 AM EST, 3 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1251 AM EST WED APR 1 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1135 PM RANGER GA WIND DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOME
3/31/98 GORDON *** 3 INJ ***Special weather statement, Apr 1, 3:46 AM EST, 30 minutes before
GAZ042-052-053-066-067-078-010945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 346 AM EST WED APR 1 1998 VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED OVER CHAMBERS COUNTY ALABAMA WILL MOVE INTO TROUP AND HEARD COUNTIES IN WESTERN GEORGIA BY 430 AM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TROUP COUNTY AS THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE STORMS ARE MOVING INTO TROUP. THESE STORMS ARE STRENGTHENING AND SEVERAL GEORGIA COUNTIES COULD POSSIBLY SEE SEVERE WEATHER OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. PEOPLE IN HARRIS...TALBOT... MERIWETHER...HEARD...AND COWETA COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATING WEATHER CONDITIONS. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND T.V. STATIONS FOR ANY WARNINGS THAT MAY BE ISSUED. MPM
Special weather statement, Apr 1, 3:46 AM EST, 30 minutes before
GAZ042-052-053-066-067-078-010945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 346 AM EST WED APR 1 1998 VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED OVER CHAMBERS COUNTY ALABAMA WILL MOVE INTO TROUP AND HEARD COUNTIES IN WESTERN GEORGIA BY 430 AM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TROUP COUNTY AS THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE STORMS ARE MOVING INTO TROUP. THESE STORMS ARE STRENGTHENING AND SEVERAL GEORGIA COUNTIES COULD POSSIBLY SEE SEVERE WEATHER OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. PEOPLE IN HARRIS...TALBOT... MERIWETHER...HEARD...AND COWETA COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATING WEATHER CONDITIONS. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND T.V. STATIONS FOR ANY WARNINGS THAT MAY BE ISSUED. MPM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 1:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Heard | 42 min |
| Apr 1, 2:10 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Douglas, Fulton | 50 min |
| Apr 1, 3:38 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Troup | 52 min |
| Apr 1, 11:18 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.