Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 550, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1998, 5:59 PM EDT for Treutlen County, Georgia. It was in force for 16 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
- Jun 1, 1998, 5:59 PM EDT (21:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1998, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Treutlen County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 6:03 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Soperton, GA | |
| Jun 1, 6:03 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Soperton, GA | Treutlen county 911 reported dime size hail and several trees blown down. |
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 nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 1456 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1083 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 012159 RRA SVRATL GAC283-012215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 559 PM EDT MON JUN 1 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... TREUTLEN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 615 PM EDT * AT 557 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR IN THE VICINITY OF ZAIDEE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...LIGHTNING POSES A SERIOUS DANGER. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES...UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. IF BOATING OR SWIMMING...GET TO LAND QUICKLY AND FIND SHELTER. IF IN THE OPEN FIND A LOW SPOT AWAY FROM TREES...FENCES...AND POLES. 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. WRS/JB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 6:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Treutlen | 34 min |
| Jun 1, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Toombs | 33 min |
| Jun 1, 6:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Toombs | 34 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.