Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 868, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 1998, 9:11 PM EDT for Peach County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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 20, 1998, 9:11 PM EDT (01:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 1998, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Peach County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 1333 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1041 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
072 WUUS1 KATL 210112 RRA SVRATL GAC225-210145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 911 PM EDT MON JUL 20 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... PEACH COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 945 PM EDT * AT 911 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR 5 MILES SOUTH OF BYRON MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... BYRON AROUND 925 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. 17
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
Local storm report, Jul 20, 7:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
755 PM EDT MON JUL 20 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
244 PM DAWSONVILLE GA WIND DAMAGE
7/20/98 DAWSON SEVERAL TREES AND AND POWER
OUTAGES.
310 PM 7 NW GAINESVILLE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
7/20/98 HALL TREES DOWN IN THE ROAD.
312 PM RISING FAWN GA WIND DAMAGE
7/20/98 DADE TREES DOWN AND POWER OUT.
433 PM LITHIA SPRINGS GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
7/20/98 DOUGLAS
436 PM POWDER SPRINGS GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
7/20/98 COBB
435 PM 2 S DOUGLISVILLE GA WIND DAMAGE
7/20/98 DOUGLAS TREES DOWN IN FRONT AND BACK
YARD.
515 PM VILLA RICA GA WIND DAMAGE
7/20/98 CARROLL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
435 PM DOUGLASVILLE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
7/20/98 DOUGLAS
455 PM DULUTH GA WIND DAMAGE
7/20/98 GWINNETT THREE TREES DOWN.
515 PM SANDY SPRINGS GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
7/20/98 FULTON
455 PM LITHIS SPRINGS GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
7/20/98 DOUGLAS
520 PM VILLIA RICA GA WIND DAMAGE
7/20/98 CARROLL ROOF DAMAGE.
330 PM LULA GA WIND DAMAGE
7/20/98 HALL TREES DOWN.
515 PM BARNESVILLE GA WIND DAMAGE
7/20/98 LAMAR TREES DOWN.
650 PM PEACHTREE CITY GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
7/20/98 FAYETTE
530 PM N. BUCKHEAD GA 1.25 INCH HAIL
7/20/98 FULTON QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR HAIL.
515 PM BROOKHAVEN GA 0.75 inch hail
7/20/98 DEKALB
645 PM SHARPSBURG GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
7/20/98 COWETA PING PONG TO GOLF BALL HAIL
640 PM THOMAS CROSSROADS GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
7/20/98 COWETA
521 PM BUCKHEAD GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
7/20/98 FULTON
652 PM 4 S NEWNAN GA WIND DAMAGE
7/20/98 COWETA 72 MPH WIND GUST.
430 PM DOUGLASVILLE GA WIND DAMAGE
7/20/98 DOUGLAS EMA DIRECTOR REPORTS LOTS OF
HOUSE DAMAGE.Local storm report, Jul 20, 8:40 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
755 PM EDT MON JUL 20 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
244 PM DAWSONVILLE GA WIND DAMAGE
7/20/98 DAWSON SEVERAL TREES AND AND POWER
OUTAGES.
310 PM 7 NW GAINESVILLE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
7/20/98 HALL TREES DOWN IN THE ROAD.
312 PM RISING FAWN GA WIND DAMAGE
7/20/98 DADE TREES DOWN AND POWER OUT.
433 PM LITHIA SPRINGS GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
7/20/98 DOUGLAS
436 PM POWDER SPRINGS GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
7/20/98 COBB
435 PM 2 S DOUGLISVILLE GA WIND DAMAGE
7/20/98 DOUGLAS TREES DOWN IN FRONT AND BACK
YARD.
515 PM VILLA RICA GA WIND DAMAGE
7/20/98 CARROLL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
435 PM DOUGLASVILLE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
7/20/98 DOUGLAS
455 PM DULUTH GA WIND DAMAGE
7/20/98 GWINNETT THREE TREES DOWN.
515 PM SANDY SPRINGS GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
7/20/98 FULTON
455 PM LITHIS SPRINGS GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
7/20/98 DOUGLAS
520 PM VILLIA RICA GA WIND DAMAGE
7/20/98 CARROLL ROOF DAMAGE.
330 PM LULA GA WIND DAMAGE
7/20/98 HALL TREES DOWN.
515 PM BARNESVILLE GA WIND DAMAGE
7/20/98 LAMAR TREES DOWN.
650 PM PEACHTREE CITY GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
7/20/98 FAYETTE
530 PM N. BUCKHEAD GA 1.25 INCH HAIL
7/20/98 FULTON QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR HAIL.
515 PM BROOKHAVEN GA 0.75 inch hail
7/20/98 DEKALB
645 PM SHARPSBURG GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
7/20/98 COWETA PING PONG TO GOLF BALL HAIL
640 PM THOMAS CROSSROADS GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
7/20/98 COWETA
521 PM BUCKHEAD GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
7/20/98 FULTON
652 PM 4 S NEWNAN GA WIND DAMAGE
7/20/98 COWETA 72 MPH WIND GUST.
430 PM DOUGLASVILLE GA WIND DAMAGE
7/20/98 DOUGLAS EMA DIRECTOR REPORTS LOTS OF
HOUSE DAMAGE.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.