Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 759, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1998, 10:45 PM EDT for Clarke County, Oglethorpe County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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 24, 1998, 10:45 PM EDT (02:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1998, 11:20 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clarke County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 10:48 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Athens, 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 nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 2494 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1727 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
348 WUUS1 KATL 250245 RRA SVRATL GAC059-221-250320- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1045 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CLARKE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA OGLETHORPE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA * UNTIL 1120 PM EDT * AT 1044 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF WINTERVILLE MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... WINTERVILLE AROUND 1050 PM EDT ATHENS AROUND 1105 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | White | 34 min |
| Jun 24, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lumpkin | 35 min |
| Jun 24, 8:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 51 min |
| Jun 25, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp | 32 min |
| Jun 25, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Webster | 35 min |
| Jun 25, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Schley, Sumter | 31 min |
| Jun 25, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion | 30 min |
| Jun 25, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Schley, Sumter | 34 min |
| Jun 25, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion | 32 min |
| Jun 25, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris | 47 min |
| Jun 25, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris | 35 min |
| Jun 25, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Fulton | 34 min |
| Jun 25, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Douglas, Paulding | 32 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.