Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 874, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 1998, 3:35 PM EDT for Bleckley County, Dodge County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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 24, 1998, 3:35 PM EDT (19:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 1998, 4:10 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bleckley County, GA, Dodge County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 382 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 821 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
693 WUUS1 KATL 241936 RRA SVRATL GAC023-091-242010- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 335 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BLECKLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA DODGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 410 PM EDT * AT 334 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR 3 MILES NORTH OF COCHRAN MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... COCHRAN AROUND 345 PM EDT POWELL AROUND 405 PM EDT GOLDSBORO AROUND 405 PM EDT FRAZIER AROUND 405 PM EDT EMPIRE AROUND 410 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. 20/MRR
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 24, 11:25 AM EDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-242000- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1125 AM EDT FRI JUL 24 1998 THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE FIRST THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD APPEAR NEAR AN INSTABILITY ZONE CREATED BY THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY EVENING. THE ZONE RUNS FROM A FEW MILES SOUTHWEST OF ATLANTA EASTWARD ACROSS THE STATE TO NEAR AUGUSTA. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTH GEORGIA AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTHWARD FROM TENNESSEE. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND WEATHER SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER CLOSELY THIS AFTERNOON. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. WRS
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 11:25 AM EDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-242000- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1125 AM EDT FRI JUL 24 1998 THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE FIRST THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD APPEAR NEAR AN INSTABILITY ZONE CREATED BY THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY EVENING. THE ZONE RUNS FROM A FEW MILES SOUTHWEST OF ATLANTA EASTWARD ACROSS THE STATE TO NEAR AUGUSTA. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTH GEORGIA AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTHWARD FROM TENNESSEE. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND WEATHER SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER CLOSELY THIS AFTERNOON. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. WRS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Treutlen | 36 min |
| Jul 24, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery | 33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.