Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 598, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1998, 5:36 PM EDT for Harris County, Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 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 5, 1998, 5:36 PM EDT (21:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1998, 6:25 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Harris County, GA, Troup County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 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, 6:11 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Whitesville, GA | Harris county 911 reported 2 houses were destroyed, and many trees and power lines were blown down. A report from the public estimated the winds up to 60 mph. |
| Jun 5, 6:13 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | West Pt, GA | Troup county 911 reported trees down north of West Point. Power was knocked out in some areas. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 69 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.
525 WUUS1 KATL 052137 RRA SVRATL GAC145-285-052225- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 536 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HARRIS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA TROUP COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 625 PM EDT * AT 535 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR 28 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEST POINT MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... WEST POINT AROUND 610 PM EDT LONG CANE AROUND 615 PM EDT ABBOTTSFORD AROUND 615 PM EDT WHITESVILLE AROUND 620 PM EDT MULBERRY GROVE AROUND 620 PM 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.
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, 11:50 AM EDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-052200- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1150 AM EDT FRI JUN 5 1998 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WILL COMBINE WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER NORTH GEORGIA TONIGHT. THESE WEATHER FEATURES WILL TRIGGER THE REDEVELOPMENT OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE CAUSING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR ACTIVATION LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD MONITOR THIS SITUATION. KDF
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 11:50 AM EDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-052200- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1150 AM EDT FRI JUN 5 1998 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WILL COMBINE WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER NORTH GEORGIA TONIGHT. THESE WEATHER FEATURES WILL TRIGGER THE REDEVELOPMENT OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE CAUSING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR ACTIVATION LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD MONITOR THIS SITUATION. KDF
Local storm report, Jun 5, 3:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
356 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
830 AM VILLA RICA GA WIND DAMAGE
6/5/98 CARROLL 12 HOUSES AND OUTBUILDINGS
WITH MINOR TO MODERATE DAMAGE
SOME TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN.
830 AM COUNTYWIDE GA WIND DAMAGE
6/5/98 HARALSON 7 HOMES DAMAGED...3 MAJOR...
2 MODERATE...2 MINOR. VEHICLE
CRUSHED BY TREE. 10 ROADS
BLOCKED BY TREES.
830 AM DOUGLASVILLE GA WIND DAMAGE
6/5/98 DOUGLAS NWS SURVEY INDICATED APPROX
100 HOMES DAMAGED...MOSTLY
FROM NUMEROUS TREES FALLING.
OTHERWISE DAMAGE MAINLY TO
SHINGLES AND CHIMNEYS. WIND
DAMAGE PATTERN OF TREES ALL
LAYING TOWARD THE EAST
INDICATES STRAIGHT-LINE/
DOWNBURST WINDS.Local storm report, Jun 5, 3:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
356 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
830 AM VILLA RICA GA WIND DAMAGE
6/5/98 CARROLL 12 HOUSES AND OUTBUILDINGS
WITH MINOR TO MODERATE DAMAGE
SOME TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN.
830 AM COUNTYWIDE GA WIND DAMAGE
6/5/98 HARALSON 7 HOMES DAMAGED...3 MAJOR...
2 MODERATE...2 MINOR. VEHICLE
CRUSHED BY TREE. 10 ROADS
BLOCKED BY TREES.
830 AM DOUGLASVILLE GA WIND DAMAGE
6/5/98 DOUGLAS NWS SURVEY INDICATED APPROX
100 HOMES DAMAGED...MOSTLY
FROM NUMEROUS TREES FALLING.
OTHERWISE DAMAGE MAINLY TO
SHINGLES AND CHIMNEYS. WIND
DAMAGE PATTERN OF TREES ALL
LAYING TOWARD THE EAST
INDICATES STRAIGHT-LINE/
DOWNBURST WINDS.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, 8:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Douglas, Fulton | 35 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, 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
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.