Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 951, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 1998, 6:51 AM EDT for Dodge County, Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 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 3, 1998, 6:51 AM EDT (10:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 3, 1998, 7:40 AM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dodge County, GA, Laurens County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 7:25 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Dublin, GA | Severe thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and power lines in the south and east part of the county. |
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 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1494 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 031051 RRA SVRATL GAC091-175-031140- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 651 AM EDT THU SEP 3 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN DODGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA LAURENS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 740 AM EDT * AT 649 AM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHESTER MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... PLAINFIELD AROUND 655 AM EDT CADWELL AROUND 700 AM EDT RENTZ AROUND 705 AM EDT CHESTER AROUND 710 AM EDT MONTROSE AROUND 730 AM EDT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. IF YOU EXPERIENCE STORM DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES OR TREES...OR HAIL THE SIZE OF DIMES OR LARGE R...PLEASE REPORT IT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING 770-486-8535. SL/DH
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, Sep 3, 4:25 AM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
GAZ155>160-031600- INLAND HIGH WIND WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 425 AM EDT THU SEP 3 1998 ...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTH GEORGIA THIS MORNING... THE AREA AFFECTED BY THE WARNING IS FROM VALDOSTA TO BAINBRIDGE AND DONALDSONVILLE AND INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... LOWNDES... BROOKS... THOMAS... GRADY... DECATUR... SEMINOLE... HURRICANE EARL MADE LANDFALL NEAR PANAMA CITY FLORIDA AROUND 2 AM EDT. HIGHEST REPORTED WINDS OVER LAND ABOUT AN HOUR LATER WERE ABOUT 46 MPH IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA. HOWEVER HIGHEST WINDS IN THE CIRCULATION AROUND EARL ARE STILL HURRICANE FORCE AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE ENCOUNTERED IN THE WARNED AREA UNTIL EARL WEAKENS LATER THIS MORNING. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...BLOW WEAKENED ROOFS OFF HOUSES...AND DOWN POWER LINES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION. THE PEACHTREE CITY WEBSITE IS ANOTHER GOOD SOURCE FOR WEATHER DATA (HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/FTPROOT/FCC). LEW
Special weather statement, Sep 3, 6:33 AM EDT, 18 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-031600- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 633 AM EDT THU SEP 03 1998 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM CORDELE TO DUBLIN TO WRIGHTSVILLE. THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANCE EARL ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DRIFT NORTHEAST...MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE... WITH SOME THE STORMS POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMANT PERSONNEL SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION.
Special weather statement, Sep 3, 6:33 AM EDT, 18 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-031600- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 633 AM EDT THU SEP 03 1998 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM CORDELE TO DUBLIN TO WRIGHTSVILLE. THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANCE EARL ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DRIFT NORTHEAST...MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE... WITH SOME THE STORMS POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMANT PERSONNEL SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION.
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.