Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 765, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1998, 4:23 PM EDT for Marion County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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
- Jun 25, 1998, 4:23 PM EDT (20:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1998, 4:55 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marion County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 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
- 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 252023 RRA SVRATL GAC197-252055- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 423 PM EDT THU JUN 25 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL MARION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 455 PM EDT * AT 421 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR 4 MILES EAST OF BUENA VISTA MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. THIS STORM WILL CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING AS WELL AS LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. 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...PL EASE 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
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 3:45 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-260145- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 345 PM EDT THU JUN 25 1998 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LAGRANGE TO MACON TO SAVANNAH. A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IS ALREADY IN PLACE OVER MOST OF GEORGIA. A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA HAS ALREADY DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON... SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE BECOME SEVERE. CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. DAMAGING OUTFLOW WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS. SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD MONITOR THESE WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. STAY ALERT FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THIS OFFICE. 99
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 3:45 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-260145- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 345 PM EDT THU JUN 25 1998 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LAGRANGE TO MACON TO SAVANNAH. A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IS ALREADY IN PLACE OVER MOST OF GEORGIA. A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA HAS ALREADY DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON... SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE BECOME SEVERE. CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. DAMAGING OUTFLOW WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS. SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD MONITOR THESE WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. STAY ALERT FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THIS OFFICE. 99
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, 3:34 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, 4:58 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
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.