Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 770, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1998, 8:19 PM EDT for Coweta County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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 25, 1998, 8:19 PM EDT (00:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1998, 8:55 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Coweta County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 8:35 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Thomas Xrds, 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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 24 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
- 1270 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2015 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 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 260019 RRA SVRATL GAC077-260055- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 819 PM EDT THU JUN 25 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... COWETA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA * UNTIL 855 PM EDT * AT 818 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEWNAN MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. 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 SO2 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. WRS/15
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, 4 hours 34 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, 4 hours 34 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, 4:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
GAZ021>039-041>062-066>076-078>088-091>101-103>116-118-121>138-140- 142>153-155>165-260900- HEAT ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 430 PM EDT THU JUN 25 1998 ...HEAT ADVISORY FOR ALL OF GEORGIA FRIDAY EXCEPT EXTREME NORTH AND COAST... THE HEAT ADVISORY INCLUDES THE AREA ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ATLANTA TO ATHENS AND SOUTH...EXCEPT THE COAST. HIGH PRESSURE WILL HOLD OVER GEORGIA THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH HOT TEMPERATURES CONTINUING OVER MUCH OF THE STATE. FRIDAY AFTERNOON HIGHS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100...PRODUCING HEAT INDICES IN THE 105 TO 110 DEGREE RANGE THE HEAT INDEX IS A MEASURE OF HOW HOT IT FEELS WHEN THE EFFECTS OF HEAT ARE COMBINED WITH HUMIDITY. A HEAT INDEX OF 105 DEGREES IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE LEVEL WHERE PEOPLE BEGIN TO EXPERIENCE EXTREME DISCOMFORT OR STRESS. PEOPLE WORKING OUTDOORS...THOSE LIVING IN PLACES WITH LITTLE VENTILATION...AND THOSE IN POOR HEALTH SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS AS PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THESE CONDITIONS MAY LEAD TO HEAT EXHAUSTION OR POSSIBLE HEAT STROKE. DRINK PLENTY OF NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT...LIGHT COLORED...LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING. WEAR A HAT TO SHIELD YOURSELF FROM THE SUN...AND USE A SUNSCREEN TO REDUCE POSSIBLE SUNBURN.
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 4:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
GAZ021>039-041>062-066>076-078>088-091>101-103>116-118-121>138-140- 142>153-155>165-260900- HEAT ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 430 PM EDT THU JUN 25 1998 ...HEAT ADVISORY FOR ALL OF GEORGIA FRIDAY EXCEPT EXTREME NORTH AND COAST... THE HEAT ADVISORY INCLUDES THE AREA ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ATLANTA TO ATHENS AND SOUTH...EXCEPT THE COAST. HIGH PRESSURE WILL HOLD OVER GEORGIA THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH HOT TEMPERATURES CONTINUING OVER MUCH OF THE STATE. FRIDAY AFTERNOON HIGHS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100...PRODUCING HEAT INDICES IN THE 105 TO 110 DEGREE RANGE THE HEAT INDEX IS A MEASURE OF HOW HOT IT FEELS WHEN THE EFFECTS OF HEAT ARE COMBINED WITH HUMIDITY. A HEAT INDEX OF 105 DEGREES IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE LEVEL WHERE PEOPLE BEGIN TO EXPERIENCE EXTREME DISCOMFORT OR STRESS. PEOPLE WORKING OUTDOORS...THOSE LIVING IN PLACES WITH LITTLE VENTILATION...AND THOSE IN POOR HEALTH SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS AS PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THESE CONDITIONS MAY LEAD TO HEAT EXHAUSTION OR POSSIBLE HEAT STROKE. DRINK PLENTY OF NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT...LIGHT COLORED...LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING. WEAR A HAT TO SHIELD YOURSELF FROM THE SUN...AND USE A SUNSCREEN TO REDUCE POSSIBLE SUNBURN.
Local storm report, Jun 25, 8:00 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
800 PM EDT THU JUN 25 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
345-355 PM ANDERSONVILLE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
6/25/98 SUMTER
345-355 PM ANDERSONVILLE GA 75 MPH TSTM GUST
6/25/98 SUMTER CORN FLATTENED.
345 PM JUST EAST OF AMERICUS GA WIND DAMAGE
6/25/98 SUMTER TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES.
330 PM 5SW BUENA VISTA GA WIND DAMAGE
6/25/98 MARION TREES DOWN.
400 PM DOYLE TO ELLAVILLE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
6/25/98 SCHLEY
512 PM 10SW HAMILTON GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
6/25/98 HARRIS
630 PM 19N DAHLONEGA GA 60 MPH TSTM GUST
6/25/98 LUMPKIN SEVERAL TREES TOPPED.
750 PM DOUGLASVILLE GA 60-75 MPH TSTM GUST
6/25/98 DOUGLAS
750 PM DOUGLASVILLE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
6/25/98 DOUGLAS
ENDLocal storm report, Jun 25, 8:00 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
800 PM EDT THU JUN 25 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
345-355 PM ANDERSONVILLE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
6/25/98 SUMTER
345-355 PM ANDERSONVILLE GA 75 MPH TSTM GUST
6/25/98 SUMTER CORN FLATTENED.
345 PM JUST EAST OF AMERICUS GA WIND DAMAGE
6/25/98 SUMTER TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES.
330 PM 5SW BUENA VISTA GA WIND DAMAGE
6/25/98 MARION TREES DOWN.
400 PM DOYLE TO ELLAVILLE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
6/25/98 SCHLEY
512 PM 10SW HAMILTON GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
6/25/98 HARRIS
630 PM 19N DAHLONEGA GA 60 MPH TSTM GUST
6/25/98 LUMPKIN SEVERAL TREES TOPPED.
750 PM DOUGLASVILLE GA 60-75 MPH TSTM GUST
6/25/98 DOUGLAS
750 PM DOUGLASVILLE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
6/25/98 DOUGLAS
ENDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 9:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | White | 35 min |
| Jun 26, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks | 36 min |
| Jun 26, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Madison | 35 min |
| Jun 26, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oconee | 35 min |
| Jun 26, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock | 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.