Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 791, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1998, 3:34 PM EDT for Monroe County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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
- Jul 3, 1998, 3:34 PM EDT (19:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 1998, 4:05 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Monroe County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 267 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
- 900 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 821 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 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 031934 RRA SVRATL GAC207-032005- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 334 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 405 PM EDT * AT 331 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR 12 MILES NORTH OF FORSYTH MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... BERNER AROUND 350 PM EDT JULIETTE AROUND 400 PM EDT PERCALE AROUND 400 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.
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, Jul 3, 11:15 AM EDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-032100- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1115 AM EDT FRI JUL 3 1998 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP EASILY OVER GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON BECAUSE THE ATMOSPHERE IS MOIST AND UNSTABLE. AS AN UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY MOVES TOWARD GEORGIA... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY 3 PM. ISOLATED STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT LIKELY DUE TO THE EXPECTED ISOLATED NATUpRE OF ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. WRS
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 11:15 AM EDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-032100- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1115 AM EDT FRI JUL 3 1998 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP EASILY OVER GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON BECAUSE THE ATMOSPHERE IS MOIST AND UNSTABLE. AS AN UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY MOVES TOWARD GEORGIA... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY 3 PM. ISOLATED STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT LIKELY DUE TO THE EXPECTED ISOLATED NATUpRE OF ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. WRS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts | 34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.