Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 3, 1998Johnson County, Laurens County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 1998, 4:32 PM EST for Johnson County, Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 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
Apr 3, 1998, 4:32 PM EST (21:32 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 1998, 5:15 PM EST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Johnson County, GA, Laurens County, GA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 3, 4:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 182 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1998-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 26 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1998-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

156 
WUUS1 KATL 032134 RRA
SVRATL
GAC175-167-032215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
432 PM EST FRI APR 3 1998
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...LAURENS COUNTY
 
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...JOHNSON COUNTY
 
AT 432 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
10 MILES NORTHWEST OF DUBLIN MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 9:28 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkinson17 min
Apr 3, 9:36 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington39 min
Apr 3, 9:45 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson, Laurens30 min
Apr 3, 10:13 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson, Washington, Wilkinson32 min
Apr 3, 10:27 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan, Oconee33 min
Apr 3, 10:38 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCJohnson22 min
Apr 3, 10:55 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel20 min
Apr 3, 1:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock, Putnam52 min
Apr 3, 1:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Warren49 min
Apr 3, 2:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Washington54 min
Apr 3, 2:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson44 min
Apr 3, 2:54 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCWashington36 min
Apr 3, 3:09 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCJefferson36 min
Apr 3, 3:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Paulding37 min
Apr 3, 3:25 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCEmanuel35 min
Apr 3, 3:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas, Fulton26 min
Apr 3, 4:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton29 min
Apr 3, 4:20 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCWebster25 min
Apr 3, 4:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Walker38 min
Apr 3, 4:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston, Peach47 min
Apr 3, 4:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs47 min
Apr 3, 4:46 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCCatoosa, Walker29 min
Apr 3, 4:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSchley, Sumter26 min
Apr 3, 4:59 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCBleckley, Laurens, Twiggs31 min
Apr 3, 5:09 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCEmanuel, Johnson36 min
Apr 3, 5:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry, Newton50 min
Apr 3, 5:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Oconee51 min
Apr 3, 5:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalton51 min
Apr 3, 5:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel33 min
Apr 3, 5:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Morgan31 min
Apr 3, 6:05 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCMorgan25 min
Apr 3, 6:05 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCGordon25 min
Apr 3, 6:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas47 min
Apr 3, 6:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel29 min
Apr 3, 6:27 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCEmanuel18 min
Apr 3, 6:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Fulton39 min
Apr 3, 6:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth26 min
Apr 3, 6:56 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCCoweta, Heard49 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.