Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 890, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 1998, 3:13 PM EDT for Harris 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 29, 1998, 3:13 PM EDT (19:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 1998, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Harris County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 3:20 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Hamilton, GA | Harris county 911 reported dime size hail and several large trees down. |
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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 328 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -136 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1027 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
647 WUUS1 KATL 291914 RRA SVRATL GAC145-263-293-291945- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 313 PM EDT WED JUL 29 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HARRIS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA TALBOT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA UPSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 345 PM EDT AT 310 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF THOMASTON TO 10 MILES NOORTHWEST OF TALBOTTON...TO NEAR HAMILTON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. BOATERS...GOLFERS... AND OTHERS INVOLVED IN OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. 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. WRS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 34 min |
| Jul 29, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Talbot, Upson | 32 min |
| Jul 29, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Taylor | 32 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.