Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 871, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 1998, 2:19 PM EDT for Wilkinson County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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 23, 1998, 2:19 PM EDT (18:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 1998, 2:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wilkinson County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 764 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 747 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
179 WUUS1 KATL 231820 RRA SVRATL GAC319-231850- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 219 PM EDT THU JUL 23 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WILKINSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 250 PM EDT * AT 217 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR 7 MILES WEST OF IRWINTON MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... MCINTYRE AROUND 240 PM EDT IRWINTON AROUND 245 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. WS/GLB
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 23, 11:49 AM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-232000- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1145 PM EDT THU JUL 23 1998 THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN TODAY OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. AN AREA OF LOW SURFACE PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN THIRD OF THE STATE WILL CAUSE SOMEWHAT MORE THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE NORTH...INCLUDING THE ATLANTA AND ATHENS AREAS. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...ESPECIALLY OVER FAR NORTHERN GEORGIA. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND WEATHER SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER CLOSELY THIS AFTERNOON. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. WR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 33 min |
| Jul 23, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 37 min |
Nearby
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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.