Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 1998, 9:36 AM EST for Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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 3, 1998, 9:36 AM EST (14:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 1998, 10:15 AM EST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 560 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
762 WUUS1 KATL 031438 RRA SVRATL GAC303-031515- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 936 AM EST FRI APR 3 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 935 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SANDERSVILLE. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. 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.
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
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 6:05 AM EST, 3 hours 31 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-031615- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 605 AM EST FRI APR 3 1998 THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY OVER THAT PART OF NORTH GEORGIA FROM ATLANTA TO ATHENS NORTHWARDS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REMAINDER OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR TODAY AND THIS EVENING. WARM AND MOIST AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREAS THIS MORNING BRINGING CONSIDERABLE INSTABILITY TO THE AREA. ADDITIONAL INSTABILITY WILL OCCUR LATER TODAY AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO NORTHWEST GEORGIA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUS THE POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL THROUGH THE DAYLIGHT HOURS TODAY AND INTO THIS EVENING. STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY PERSONNEL SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS TODAY IN CASE ACTIVATION BECOMES NECESSARY.
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 6:05 AM EST, 3 hours 31 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-031615- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 605 AM EST FRI APR 3 1998 THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY OVER THAT PART OF NORTH GEORGIA FROM ATLANTA TO ATHENS NORTHWARDS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REMAINDER OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR TODAY AND THIS EVENING. WARM AND MOIST AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREAS THIS MORNING BRINGING CONSIDERABLE INSTABILITY TO THE AREA. ADDITIONAL INSTABILITY WILL OCCUR LATER TODAY AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO NORTHWEST GEORGIA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUS THE POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL THROUGH THE DAYLIGHT HOURS TODAY AND INTO THIS EVENING. STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY PERSONNEL SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS TODAY IN CASE ACTIVATION BECOMES NECESSARY.
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 7:40 AM EST, 1 hour 56 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-031345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 740 AM EST FRI APR 3 1998 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF ALABAMA UNTIL 2 PM EST...HOWEVER THIS WATCH DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY PART OF GEORGIA AT THIS TIME. KM
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 8:43 AM EST, 53 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-031345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 740 AM EST FRI APR 3 1998 THE STORM PREDICTIOrN CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF ALABAMA UNTIL 2 PM EST...HOWEVER THIS WATCH DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY PART OF GEORGIA AT THIS TIME. KM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 9:28 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkinson | 17 min |
| Apr 3, 9:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens | 30 min |
| Apr 3, 10:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Washington, Wilkinson | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 10:27 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan, Oconee | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 10:38 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Johnson | 22 min |
| Apr 3, 10:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 20 min |
| Apr 3, 1:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock, Putnam | 52 min |
| Apr 3, 1:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Warren | 49 min |
| Apr 3, 2:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Washington | 54 min |
| Apr 3, 2:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 44 min |
| Apr 3, 2:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Washington | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 3:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 3:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 37 min |
| Apr 3, 3:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 3:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Douglas, Fulton | 26 min |
| Apr 3, 4:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 4:20 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Webster | 25 min |
| Apr 3, 4:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 4:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Peach | 47 min |
| Apr 3, 4:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs | 47 min |
| Apr 3, 4:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 4:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 4:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Schley, Sumter | 26 min |
| Apr 3, 4:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Laurens, Twiggs | 31 min |
| Apr 3, 5:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 5:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry, Newton | 50 min |
| Apr 3, 5:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 51 min |
| Apr 3, 5:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 51 min |
| Apr 3, 5:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 5:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan | 31 min |
| Apr 3, 6:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Morgan | 25 min |
| Apr 3, 6:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Gordon | 25 min |
| Apr 3, 6:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas | 47 min |
| Apr 3, 6:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 6:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 18 min |
| Apr 3, 6:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Fulton | 39 min |
| Apr 3, 6:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 26 min |
| Apr 3, 6:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard | 49 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.