Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 949, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 2, 1998, 6:20 PM EDT for Cobb County, Paulding County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 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
- Sep 2, 1998, 6:20 PM EDT (22:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 1998, 7:05 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cobb County, GA, Paulding County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 6:35 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Hiram, GA | The public reported dime to quarter size hail. |
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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 221 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1038 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
102 WUUS1 KATL 022220 RRA SVRATL GAC067-223-022305- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 620 PM EDT WED SEP 2 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... COBB COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA PAULDING COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA * UNTIL 705 PM EDT * AT 617 PM EDT...A STATIONARY LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR EXTENDING FROM WESTERN PAULDING COUNTY TO MARIETTA IN COBB COUNTY. 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/15
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, Sep 2, 6:10 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
610 PM EDT WED SEP 2 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
500 PM ALPHARETTA GA WIND DAMAGE
9/2/98 FULTON NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN BY
AN APPARENT DOWNBURSTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Hall | 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.