Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 818, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 1998, 7:53 PM EDT for Cherokee County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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, 7:53 PM EDT (23:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 1998, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cherokee County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 7:55 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodstock, GA | A public report indicated a quarter-mile long path of straight-line wind damage about 3 miles west of Woodstock. Numerous large trees were downed and one inch hail fell. Other public and spotter reports indicated dime to nickel size hail and trees down. A mobi |
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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 192353 SVRATL GAC057-200025- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 753 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA * UNTIL 830 PM EDT * AT 752 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR IN THE VICINITY OF HOLLY SPRINGS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... LEBANON AROUND 800 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. 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, 6:43 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, 7:58 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.