Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 551, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1998, 6:27 PM EDT for Toombs County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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
- Jun 1, 1998, 6:27 PM EDT (22:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1998, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Toombs County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 6:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Vidalia, GA | Toombs county 911 reported trees and power lines were blown down across the county. Some homes had damage to shingles and had trees fall on them. |
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
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 1055 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 672 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 012227 RRA SVRATL GAC279-012300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 627 PM EDT MON JUN 1 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... TOOMBS IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA * UNTIL 700 PM EDT * AT 626 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR 4 MILES WEST OF SANTA CLAUS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... LYONS AROUND 635 PM EDT SANTA CLAUS AROUND 635 PM EDT SOUTH THOMPSON AROUND 635 PM EDT OHOOPEE AROUND 650 PM EDT NEW BRANCH AROUND 655 PM EDT DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. BOATERS...GOLFERS... AND OTHERS INVOLVED IN OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Treutlen | 16 min |
| Jun 1, 6:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Treutlen | 34 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.