Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 787, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1998, 9:14 PM EDT for Henry 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 30, 1998, 9:14 PM EDT (01:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 1998, 9:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Henry County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 9:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Stockbridge, GA | A spotter reported a tree and 3 power poles were blown down. |
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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 33 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
- 1323 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1608 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 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 010114 RRA SVRATL GAC151-010150- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 914 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA * UNTIL 950 PM EDT * AT 913 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF STOCKBRIDGE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... OLA AROUND 925 PM EDT 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...PLEASE REPORT IT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING 770-486-8535. PAH/SBL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 35 min |
| Jun 30, 8:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Douglas | 36 min |
| Jun 30, 8:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fulton | 34 min |
| Jun 30, 8:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton | 33 min |
| Jun 30, 9:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 36 min |
| Jun 30, 9:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 34 min |
| Jun 30, 9:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper | 46 min |
| Jun 30, 10:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Gordon | 34 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.