Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 805, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1998, 5:18 PM EDT for Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 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 9, 1998, 5:18 PM EDT (21:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1998, 6:05 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wilcox County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 185 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.
595 WUUS1 KATL 092120 RRA SVRATL GAC315-092205- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 518 PM EDT THU JUL 9 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WILCOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 605 PM EDT * AT 516 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR 10 MILES NORTH OF ROCHELLE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... PITTS AROUND 545 PM EDT ROCHELLE AROUND 550 PM EDT ABBEVILLE AROUND 555 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.
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 58 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 58 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, 5 hours 13 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, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Sumter | 48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.