Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 7, 1998, 5:52 PM EST for Bibb 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
- Jan 7, 1998, 5:52 PM EST (22:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 7, 1998, 6:25 PM EST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bibb County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 6:00 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Macon, GA | A channel 24 TV meteorologist reported thunderstorm winds knocked down a couple of trees. One fell on a power line causing a power outage. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 4:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 198 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 536 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 291 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 072252 RRA SVRATL GAC021-072325- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 552 PM EST WED JAN 7 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BIBB COUNTY - CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 625 PM EST * * AT 549 PM EST... 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF LIZELLA... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR... MOVING NORTH 55 MPH. THIS MOTION WOULD TAKE THE STORM OVER MACON AROUND 605 PM. 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 7760-486-8535.
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, Jan 7, 2:30 PM EST, 3 hours 22 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-080400- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 330 PM EDT WED JAN 07 1998 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST FROM ALABAMA INTO GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLY HAIL. SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 7, 3:30 PM EST, 2 hours 22 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-080400- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 330 PM EDT WED JAN 07 1998 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST FROM ALABAMA INTO GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOMEL OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLY HAIL. SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION.
Local storm report, Jan 7, 4:06 PM EST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
406 PM EST WED JAN 7 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
740 PM GREENSBORO GA WIND DAMAGE
1/7/98 GREENE 740-745 PM EST GREENE COUNTY
911 REPORTS STRUCTURAL DAMAGE
TO A FEW BUILDINGS. TREES
WERE KNOCKED DOWN. A FEW
WINDOWS WERE BLOWN OUT IN THE
911 CENTER.The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 3:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 33 min |
| Jan 7, 3:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 31 min |
| Jan 7, 3:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Polk | 32 min |
| Jan 7, 4:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford | 32 min |
| Jan 7, 5:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Monroe | 30 min |
| Jan 7, 5:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Jones | 34 min |
| Jan 7, 6:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan, Putnam | 30 min |
| Jan 7, 6:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones | 30 min |
| Jan 7, 6:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones | 27 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.