Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 804, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1998, 4:57 PM EDT for Crisp County, Sumter County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 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
- Jul 9, 1998, 4:57 PM EDT (20:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1998, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Crisp County, GA, Sumter County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 5:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Cordele, GA | Crisp county 911 reported trees and power lines were knocked down by thunderstorm winds in Cordele. Crisp county power reported a pecan tree down in Arabi. |
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 162 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
- 508 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 865 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
402 WUUS1 KATL 092059 RRA SVRATL GAC081-261-092145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 457 PM EDT THU JUL 9 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CRISP COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 545 PM EDT * AT 456 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR 10 MILES WEST OF CORDELE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... CORDELE AROUND 510 PM EDT RAINES AROUND 510 PM EDT WENONA AROUND 515 PM EDT ARABI AROUND 520 PM EDT HATLEY AROUND 525 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. MPM/MSS
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 9, 11:20 AM EDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before
GAZ061-062-069-071>076-078>088-091>101-103>116-118-121>138-140- 142>153-155>165-092100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1120 AM EDT THU JUL 9 1998 ...A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON... THE HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HAMILTON AND FORSYTH TO MILLEDGEVILLE AND WARRENTON. HEAT INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH INTO THE 105 TO 110 DEGREE RANGE WITH AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 90S AND DEWPOINT TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 70S. THE HEAT INDEX IS A MEASURE OF HOW HOT IT FEELS WHEN THE EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY ARE COMBINED. A HEAT INDEX OF 105 DEGREES IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE LEVEL WHERE PEOPLE BEGIN TO EXPERIENCE EXTREME DISCOMFORT AND STRESS. HEAT INDICES ARE CALCULATED FOR THE SHADE. BEING OUT IN THE SUN INCREASES THE HEAT INDEX 10 TO 15 DEGREES. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID HEAT EXHAUSTION OR POSSIBLY HEAT STROKE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. KDF
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 11:20 AM EDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before
GAZ061-062-069-071>076-078>088-091>101-103>116-118-121>138-140- 142>153-155>165-092100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1120 AM EDT THU JUL 9 1998 ...A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON... THE HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HAMILTON AND FORSYTH TO MILLEDGEVILLE AND WARRENTON. HEAT INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH INTO THE 105 TO 110 DEGREE RANGE WITH AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 90S AND DEWPOINT TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 70S. THE HEAT INDEX IS A MEASURE OF HOW HOT IT FEELS WHEN THE EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY ARE COMBINED. A HEAT INDEX OF 105 DEGREES IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE LEVEL WHERE PEOPLE BEGIN TO EXPERIENCE EXTREME DISCOMFORT AND STRESS. HEAT INDICES ARE CALCULATED FOR THE SHADE. BEING OUT IN THE SUN INCREASES THE HEAT INDEX 10 TO 15 DEGREES. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID HEAT EXHAUSTION OR POSSIBLY HEAT STROKE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. KDF
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 12:05 PM EDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-100400- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1205 PM EDT THU JUL 09 1998 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON IN THE WARM AND MOIST AIRMASS ANCHORED OVER GEORGIA. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREAT. SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMANT PERSONNEL IN NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Sumter | 33 min |
| Jul 9, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilcox | 47 min |
| Jul 9, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Pulaski | 33 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.