Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 894, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 1998, 4:37 PM EDT for Bibb County, Georgia. It was in force for 18 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 30, 1998, 4:37 PM EDT (20:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 1998, 4:55 PM EDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bibb County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 4:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Macon, GA | Bibb county 911 reported several trees downed on the east side of Macon. |
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, 8.6 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
- 330 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 897 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
367 WUUS1 KATL 302038 RRA SVRATL GAC021-302055- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 437 PM EDT THU JUL 30 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BIBB COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 455 PM EDT * AT 436 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF MACON MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 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 30, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 34 min |
| Jul 30, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly | 35 min |
| Jul 30, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkinson | 36 min |
| Jul 30, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs | 36 min |
| Jul 30, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston | 32 min |
| Jul 30, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair | 37 min |
| Jul 30, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Wheeler | 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.