Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 635, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1998, 9:52 PM EDT for Putnam County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 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 9, 1998, 9:52 PM EDT (01:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1998, 10:40 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Putnam County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 1297 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1250 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 6.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
525 WUUS1 KATL 100154 RRA SVRATL GAC237-100240- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 952 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... PUTNAM COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA * UNTIL 1040 PM EDT * AT 951 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR 7 MILES WEST OF ROCK EAGLE 4-H CENTER MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... ROCK EAGLE 4-H CENTER AROUND 1000 PM EDT RUDDEN AROUND 1005 PM EDT WILLARD AROUND 1005 PM EDT EATONTON AROUND 1010 PM EDT WARFIELD AROUND 1015 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
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 9, 9:50 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
950 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
330 PM BLAIRSVILLE GA WIND DAMAGE
6/9/98 UNION UNION 911 REPORTED TWO
TREES DOWN
610 PM 1S NEESE GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
6/9/98 MADISON PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER
SIZE HAIL NEAR HWY 106
745 PM ROME GA WIND DAMAGE
6/9/98 FLOYD FLOYD 911 REPORTED TREES
DOWN
847 PM 3S DALLAS GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
6/9/98 PAULDING PUBLIC REPORTED NICKEL SIZE
HAIL
850 PM NEW GEORGIA GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
6/9/98 PAULDING REPORTED BY PUBLIC
900 PM 2N VILLA RICA GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
6/9/98 DOUGLAS REPORTED NEAR HWY 61Local storm report, Jun 9, 9:50 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
950 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
330 PM BLAIRSVILLE GA WIND DAMAGE
6/9/98 UNION UNION 911 REPORTED TWO
TREES DOWN
610 PM 1S NEESE GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
6/9/98 MADISON PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER
SIZE HAIL NEAR HWY 106
745 PM ROME GA WIND DAMAGE
6/9/98 FLOYD FLOYD 911 REPORTED TREES
DOWN
847 PM 3S DALLAS GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
6/9/98 PAULDING PUBLIC REPORTED NICKEL SIZE
HAIL
850 PM NEW GEORGIA GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
6/9/98 PAULDING REPORTED BY PUBLIC
900 PM 2N VILLA RICA GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
6/9/98 DOUGLAS REPORTED NEAR HWY 61The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 8:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Paulding | 50 min |
| Jun 9, 8:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Douglas | 51 min |
| Jun 9, 8:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 49 min |
| Jun 9, 9:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 48 min |
| Jun 9, 9:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan | 49 min |
| Jun 9, 9:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Douglas, Fulton | 35 min |
| Jun 10, 1:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer | 49 min |
| Jun 10, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Whitfield | 32 min |
| Jun 10, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin | 33 min |
| Jun 10, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pickens | 33 min |
| Jun 10, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 31 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.