Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 773, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1998, 5:01 PM EDT for Banks County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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 26, 1998, 5:01 PM EDT (21:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1998, 5:35 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Banks County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 5:27 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Baldwin, 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 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 221 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -287 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1353 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
896 WUUS1 KATL 262102 RRA SVRATL GAC011-262135- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 501 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BANKS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA * UNTIL 535 PM EDT * AT 500 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR 9 MILES NORTH OF HOMER MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... ALTO AROUND 535 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. WRS/99
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 8:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 36 min |
| 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, 5:34 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.