Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 628, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1998, 7:47 PM EDT for Warren County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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 9, 1998, 7:47 PM EDT (23:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1998, 8:20 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Warren County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 8:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Warrenton, GA | Warren county 911 reported numerous trees were blown down county-wide. |
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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 986 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
841 WUUS1 KATL 092349 RRA SVRATL GAC301-100020- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 747 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 820 PM EDT * AT 746 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF CEDAR ROCK MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... CEDAR ROCK AROUND 755 PM EDT CAMAK AROUND 755 PM EDT WARRENTON AROUND 800 PM EDT MESENA AROUND 800 PM EDT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. 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. KDF/TSM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Towns, Union, White | 49 min |
| Jun 9, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jackson, Madison | 45 min |
| Jun 9, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe | 47 min |
| Jun 9, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 47 min |
| Jun 9, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 48 min |
| Jun 9, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Polk | 35 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.