Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 692, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1998, 8:59 PM EDT for Emanuel County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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 16, 1998, 8:59 PM EDT (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1998, 9:35 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Emanuel County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 9:10 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Park, GA | Emanuel county 911 reported several trees 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 16, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 2039 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1337 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 170059 RRA SVRATL GAC107-170135- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 859 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EMANUEL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 935 PM EDT * AT 858 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TWIN CITY MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... TWIN CITY AROUND 905 PM EDT WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...LIGHTNING POSES A SERIOUS DANGER. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES...UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. IF BOATING OR SWIMMING...GET TO LAND QUICKLY AND FIND SHELTER. IF IN THE OPEN FIND A LOW SPOT AWAY FROM TREES...FENCES...AND POLES. 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 16, 8:57 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
857 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
545 PM 7 W THOMASTON GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
6/16/98 UPSON
530 PM THOMASTON GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
6/16/98 UPSON NICKEL TO GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL
WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC
BETWEEN 530 AND 535 PM.
559 PM MONROE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
6/16/98 WALTON
535 PM COOKSTOWN GA 1.50 INCH HAIL
6/16/98 WILKINSON
635 PM LAKE TOBESOFKEE GA 0.90 INCH HAIL
6/16/98 BIBB
545 PM 1 N MACON GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
6/16/98 BIBB NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL
WAS REPORTED.
635 PM COOKSTOWN GA 2.00 INCH HAIL
6/16/98 WILKINSON ONE AND A HALF TO TWO INCH
HAIL WAS REPORTED BY THE
PUBLIC.
630 PM EAST DUBLIN GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
6/16/98 LAURENS DIME TO GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL
WAS REPORTED BETWEEN 630 AND
645 PM. SEVERAL CARS WERE
DAMAGED.
755 PM 4 N DUBLIN GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
6/16/98 LAURENS
335 PM CORINTH GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
6/16/98 HEARD DIME SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED
BETWEEN 335 AND 340 PM.
335 PM THOMASTON GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
6/16/98 UPSON DIME SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED
BETWEEN 335 AND 340 PM.
345 PM ZEBULON GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
6/16/98 PIKE DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED
BETWEEN 345 AND 350 PM.
1230 AM COUNTYWIDE GA WIND DAMAGE
6/16/98 PIKE SEVERAL TREES WERE KNOCKED
DOWN BY THUNDERSTORM WINDS
ACROSS THE COUNTY DURING THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS.
340 PM 7 E JACKSON GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
6/16/98 BUTTS DIME SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED
BETWEEN 340 AND 350 PM.
355 PM 8 W THOMASTON GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
6/16/98 UPSON
345 PM MONTICELLO GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
6/16/98 JASPER
345 PM GRANTVILLE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
6/16/98 COWETA
407 PM THOMASTON GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
6/16/98 UPSON DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED
BETWEEN 407 AND 412 PM.
400 PM 2 W THOMASTON GA 0.50 INCH HAIL
6/16/98 UPSON PUBLIC REPORTED MARBLE SIZED
HAIL...AS WELL AS A LARGE
TREE LIMB DOWN.
400 PM LUTHERSVILLE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
6/16/98 MERIWETHER DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED
BETWEEN 400 AND 410 PM.
405 PM RUSSELLVILLE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
6/16/98 MONROE DIME TO GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL
WAS REPORTED BETWEEN 405 AND
410 PM.
415 PM MACON GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
6/16/98 BIBB DIME TO GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL
WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC
BETWEEN 415 AND 430 PM.
430 PM LOCUST GROVE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
6/16/98 BUTTS
425 PM 4 W MORELAND GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
6/16/98 COWETA
100 AM CONYERS GA WIND DAMAGE
6/16/98 ROCKDALE SEVERAL BIRCH AND PINE TREES
WERE KNOCKED DOWN BY THUNDER-
STORM WINDS EARLY THIS
MORNING.
435 PM SENOIA GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
6/16/98 COWETA
435 PM 8 N JACKSON GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
6/16/98 BUTTS DIME SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED
BETWEEN 435 AND 440 PM.
435 PM 6 W JACKSON GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
6/16/98 BUTTS
505 PM MACON GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
6/16/98 BIBB
502 PM MACON GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
6/16/98 BIBB NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL
WAS REPORTED BETWEEN 502 AND
505 PM.
530 PM GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
6/16/98 UPSON NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY
REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL.
527 PM 3 W MACON GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
6/16/98 BIBB DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED
ALONG HIGHWAY 41...3 MILES
EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF
HIGHWAYS 41 AND I-475.
505 PM MACON GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
6/16/98 BIBB NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL
WAS REPORTED BETWEEN 505 AND
510 PM.
517 PM TEXAS GA 1.25 INCH HAIL
6/16/98 HEARD
518 PM 8 W MACON GA 0.90 INCH HAIL
6/16/98 BIBB
538 PM 10 W THOMASTON GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
6/16/98 UPSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens, Treutlen | 49 min |
| Jun 16, 10:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson | 35 min |
| Jun 16, 11:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.