Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 606, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1998, 6:50 PM EDT for Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 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
- Jun 5, 1998, 6:50 PM EDT (22:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1998, 7:40 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wilcox County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 185 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.
004 WUUS1 KATL 052251 RRA SVRATL GAC315-052340- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 650 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WILCOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 740 PM EDT * AT 650 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR 6 MILES WEST OF PITTS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... PITTS AROUND 705 PM EDT ROCHELLE AROUND 715 PM EDT OWENSBORO AROUND 720 PM EDT ABBEVILLE AROUND 740 PM EDT 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.
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
Local storm report, Jun 5, 3:56 PM EDT, 2 hours 54 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, 2 hours 54 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, 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, 6:55 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.