Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 810, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 1998, 5:35 PM EDT for Dodge County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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 19, 1998, 5:35 PM EDT (21:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 1998, 6:10 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dodge County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 5:50 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Eastman, GA | Dodge county 911 reported several trees down across secondary roads near highway 341. |
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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -174 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1743 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 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 192135 SVRATL GAC091-192210- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 535 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... DODGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 610 PM EDT * AT 535 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR IN THE VICINITY OF EASTMAN MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... CHAUNCEY AROUND 610 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. KF/ML
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Wilcox | 33 min |
| Jul 19, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walker | 34 min |
| Jul 19, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gordon, Pickens | 32 min |
| Jul 19, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Whitfield | 35 min |
| Jul 19, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilcox | 37 min |
| Jul 19, 7:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker, Whitfield | 2 hr |
| Jul 19, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkinson | 35 min |
| Jul 19, 7:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walker | 35 min |
| Jul 19, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 37 min |
| Jul 19, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 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.