Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 594, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1998, 8:35 AM EDT for Douglas County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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 5, 1998, 8:35 AM EDT (12:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1998, 9:10 AM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Douglas County, GA, Fulton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 8:35 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairburn, GA | An off-duty NWS employee and a public report indicated limbs and several trees were 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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 1574 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 565 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
569 WUUS1 KATL 051236 RRA SVRATL GAC097-121-051310- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 835 AM EDT FRI JUN 5 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA SOUTHERN FULTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA * UNTIL 910 AM EDT * AT 833 AM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF FAIRBURN MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... FAIRBURN AROUND 840 AM EDT UNION CITY AROUND 845 AM EDT EAST POINT AROUND 850 AM EDT 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. PH/TSM
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, Jun 5, 6:05 AM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-051615- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 605 AM EDT FRI JUN 5 1998 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS GENERALLY NORTH OF A CLARKSVILLE TO DAHLONEGA TO JASPER TO ROME LINE. A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY PERSISTS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS MORNING. MEANWHILE A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY. FAST MOVING UPPER AIR FEATURES WILL TRIGGER THE DEVELOPMENT OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA TODAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ELSEWHERE OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. SEVERE STORMS TODAY AND THIS EVENING WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR ACTIVATION TODAY AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD MONITOR THIS SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 6:05 AM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-051615- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 605 AM EDT FRI JUN 5 1998 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS GENERALLY NORTH OF A CLARKSVILLE TO DAHLONEGA TO JASPER TO ROME LINE. A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY PERSISTS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS MORNING. MEANWHILE A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY. FAST MOVING UPPER AIR FEATURES WILL TRIGGER THE DEVELOPMENT OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA TODAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ELSEWHERE OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. SEVERE STORMS TODAY AND THIS EVENING WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR ACTIVATION TODAY AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD MONITOR THIS SITUATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Henry | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 8:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clayton, Henry | 22 min |
| Jun 4, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Newton | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 8:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 8:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 9:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Putnam | 49 min |
| Jun 4, 9:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 36 min |
| Jun 4, 9:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Heard | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 9:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson, Treutlen | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 9:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 9:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 9:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Washington | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 10:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Toombs | 20 min |
| Jun 5, 7:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 49 min |
| Jun 5, 8:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Paulding | 40 min |
| Jun 5, 8:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 32 min |
| Jun 5, 9:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Pike, Spalding | 32 min |
| Jun 5, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair | 36 min |
| Jun 5, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Troup | 49 min |
| Jun 5, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Webster | 49 min |
| Jun 5, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Talbot | 49 min |
| Jun 5, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Troup | 34 min |
| Jun 5, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Schley, Taylor | 65 min |
| Jun 5, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Upson | 65 min |
| Jun 5, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp | 34 min |
| Jun 5, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilcox | 50 min |
| Jun 5, 6:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Talbot | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Peach | 61 min |
| Jun 5, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Monroe | 61 min |
| Jun 5, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pike | 61 min |
| Jun 5, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly | 32 min |
| Jun 5, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pulaski, Wilcox | 48 min |
| Jun 5, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Twiggs | 48 min |
| Jun 5, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 51 min |
| Jun 5, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens, Wilkinson | 66 min |
| Jun 5, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Telfair | 66 min |
| Jun 5, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Union | 47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.