Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 1998, 3:49 PM EST for Douglas County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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
- Apr 3, 1998, 3:49 PM EST (20:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 1998, 4:15 PM EST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Douglas County, GA, Fulton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 4:15 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Atlanta, GA | Dime size hail was reported in Ansley Park. |
| Apr 3, 4:25 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Atlanta, GA |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 11:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 560 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
859 WUUS1 KATL 032051 RRA SVRATL GAC097-121-032115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 349 PM EST FRI APR 3 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...DOUGLAS COUNTY...FULTON COUNTY AT 349 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR FAIRPLAY IN SOUTHER DOUGLAS COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO 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
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 10:50 AM EST, 4 hours 59 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-031615- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1050 AM EST FRI APR 3 1998 THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH THE MACON AREA. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM MACON TO ALONG A LINE FROM ALBANY TO ALMA TO SAVANNAH. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF ALABAMA UNTIL 2 PM EST TODAY. THIS WATCH DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY PART OF GEORGIA AT THIS TIME. WARM AND MOIST AIR SPREADING OVER THE AREAS THIS MORNING WILL BRING CONSIDERABLE INSTABILITY TO THE AREA. ADDITIONAL INSTABILITY WILL OCCUR LATER TODAY AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO NORTHWEST GEORGIA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUS THE POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL THROUGH THE DAYLIGHT HOURS TODAY AND INTO THIS EVENING. STORM SPOTERS AND EMERGENCY PERSONNEL SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER DEVELOPMENT TODAY IN CASE ACTIVATION BECOMES NECESSARY. END/BDG
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 10:50 AM EST, 4 hours 59 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-031615- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1050 AM EST FRI APR 3 1998 THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH THE MACON AREA. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM MACON TO ALONG A LINE FROM ALBANY TO ALMA TO SAVANNAH. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF ALABAMA UNTIL 2 PM EST TODAY. THIS WATCH DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY PART OF GEORGIA AT THIS TIME. WARM AND MOIST AIR SPREADING OVER THE AREAS THIS MORNING WILL BRING CONSIDERABLE INSTABILITY TO THE AREA. ADDITIONAL INSTABILITY WILL OCCUR LATER TODAY AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO NORTHWEST GEORGIA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUS THE POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL THROUGH THE DAYLIGHT HOURS TODAY AND INTO THIS EVENING. STORM SPOTERS AND EMERGENCY PERSONNEL SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER DEVELOPMENT TODAY IN CASE ACTIVATION BECOMES NECESSARY. END/BDG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 9:28 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkinson | 17 min |
| Apr 3, 9:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Washington | 39 min |
| Apr 3, 9:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens | 30 min |
| Apr 3, 10:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Washington, Wilkinson | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 10:27 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan, Oconee | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 10:38 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Johnson | 22 min |
| Apr 3, 10:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 20 min |
| Apr 3, 1:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock, Putnam | 52 min |
| Apr 3, 1:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Warren | 49 min |
| Apr 3, 2:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Washington | 54 min |
| Apr 3, 2:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 44 min |
| Apr 3, 2:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Washington | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 3:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 3:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 37 min |
| Apr 3, 3:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 4:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 4:20 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Webster | 25 min |
| Apr 3, 4:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 4:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Peach | 47 min |
| Apr 3, 4:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs | 47 min |
| Apr 3, 4:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 4:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 4:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Schley, Sumter | 26 min |
| Apr 3, 4:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Laurens, Twiggs | 31 min |
| Apr 3, 5:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 5:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry, Newton | 50 min |
| Apr 3, 5:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 51 min |
| Apr 3, 5:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 51 min |
| Apr 3, 5:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 5:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan | 31 min |
| Apr 3, 6:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Morgan | 25 min |
| Apr 3, 6:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Gordon | 25 min |
| Apr 3, 6:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas | 47 min |
| Apr 3, 6:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 6:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 18 min |
| Apr 3, 6:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Fulton | 39 min |
| Apr 3, 6:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 26 min |
| Apr 3, 6:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard | 49 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.