Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 604, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1998, 6:40 PM EDT for Crawford County, Upson County, Georgia. It was in force for 65 min. 3 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, 6:40 PM EDT (22:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1998, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Crawford County, GA, Upson County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 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, 6:55 PM EDT | Hail 0.88 | Thomaston, GA | Several reports were received from the puiblic of dime to nickel size hail. |
| Jun 5, 7:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Thomaston, GA | Thunderstorm winds knocked trees down on houses between Thomaston and Crest. Six chicken houses and farm buildings were destroyed or damaged and several house roofs were damaged in the Yatesville area. The city of Yatesville lost power. |
| Jun 5, 7:25 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Roberta, GA | Public and spotter reports indicated a large oak tree, pine trees, and some power lines were knocked 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 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 72 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.
960 WUUS1 KATL 052241 RRA SVRATL GAC079-193-249-269-293-052345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 640 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CRAWFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA MACON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SCHLEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA TAYLOR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA UPSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 745 PM EDT * AT 649 PM EDT... A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR FROM GREENVILLE TO TALBOTTON TO BUENA VISTA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT IN OR NEAR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. 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 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, 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, 6:46 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.