Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 762, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1998, 3:34 PM EDT for Macon County, Schley County, Sumter County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 min. 3 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
- Jun 25, 1998, 3:34 PM EDT (19:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1998, 4:05 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Macon County, GA, Schley County, GA, Sumter County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 3:45 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Andersonville, GA | |
| Jun 25, 3:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 65 | Andersonville, GA | Sumter Electric reported trees down on power lines just east of Americus. The public reported an estimated wind gust to 75 mph that flattened a corn field in Andersonville. |
| Jun 25, 4:00 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Ellaville, 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
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 1921 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 982 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 251934 RRA SVRATL GAC193-249-261-252005- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 334 PM EDT THU JUN 25 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN MACON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SCHLEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 405 PM EDT * AT 332 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELLAVILLE MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... LA CROSSE AROUND 350 PM EDT DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. BOATERS...GOLFERS... AND OTHERS INVOLVED IN OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. 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. DS/WS
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 24, 10:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oglethorpe | 35 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, 3:50 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.