Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 813, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 1998, 6:43 PM EDT for Gordon County, Pickens County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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, 6:43 PM EDT (22:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 1998, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Gordon County, GA, Pickens County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 6:55 PM EDT | Hail 1.25 | Fairmount, GA | The public reported half dollar size hail. |
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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 192244 SVRATL GAC129-227-192315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 643 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... GORDON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA PICKENS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA * UNTIL 715 PM EDT * AT 642 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR 13 MILES WEST OF JASPER SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... FAIRMOUNT AROUND 700 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 STRUCTURESn OR TREES...OR HAIL THE SIZE OF DIMES OR LARGER...PLEASE REPORT IT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING 770-486-8535. 16/17
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge | 35 min |
| 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, 6:50 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.