Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1998, 12:47 PM EDT for Hart County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 min. 2 reports 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
- Jun 4, 1998, 12:47 PM EDT (16:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1998, 1:20 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hart County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 1:05 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Hartwell, GA | |
| Jun 4, 1:05 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Hartwell, GA |
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, 4.8 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
- 2419 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 685 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
153 WUUS1 KGSP 041648 RRA SVRGSP GAC147-041720- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1247 PM EDT THU JUN 4 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HART COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA * UNTIL 120 PM EDT * AT 1245 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF HARTWELL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... HART STATE PARK AT 105 PM PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. NICKLE SIZE HAIL IS INDICATED BY RADAR WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM PRODUCED WIND GUSTS OF 63 MPH AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AS IT CROSSED STEPHENS COUNTY. & DICARLO
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.
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 4, 9:55 AM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 9:55 AM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 955 AM EDT THU JUN 4 1998 TSRA MOVING OUT OF NERN CWA ATTM...BUT KMRX SHOWS TSRA WILL SOON MOVE INTO WRN NC. 12Z RAOBS AND STABILITY CHART SHOW MOISTURE/INSTABILITY AXIS ACROSS NC. HAD ACCAS THIS MORNING AT THE STATION. SFC FNT HAS MOVED INTO SC BUT BULGING NWD IN TN. SHOULD BE LOTS OF ACITIVITY TODAY. WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE RADAR. CURRENT POPS LOOKING GOOD. LOTS OF CONVECTIVE DEBRIS ACROSS/MOVING INTO NC ATTM. ALREADY HAVE COOLER TEMPS FCST ACROSS NRN TIER. GOT A WARM START ACROSS CWA TODAY. LOTS OF SUN ACROSS SC/GA. WILL NEED TO WATCH TRENDS FOR POSSIBLE ADJUSTMENT MAINLY OVER NC. RWH
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 11:19 AM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-042100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION FOR EXPIRATION TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1119 AM EDT THU JUN 4 1998 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A STATIONARY FRONT WILL REMAIN OVER THE CAROLINAS TODAY...WHILE AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES FROM TENNESSEE. WARM...MOIST AIR ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE THREAT WILL BE GREATEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AS THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE ENTERS THE AREA. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON. RESIDENTS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD STAY INFORMED OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET. RWH
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 11:19 AM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-041615- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1119 AM EDT THU JUN 4 1998 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A STATIONARY FRONT WILL REMAIN OVER THE CAROLINAS TODAY...WHILE AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES FROM TENNESSEE. WARM...MOIST AIR ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE THREAT WILL BE GREATEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AS THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE ENTERS THE AREA. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON. RESIDENTS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD STAY INFORMED OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET. RWH
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 11:19 AM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-042100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION FOR EXPIRATION TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1119 AM EDT THU JUN 4 1998 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A STATIONARY FRONT WILL REMAIN OVER THE CAROLINAS TODAY...WHILE AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES FROM TENNESSEE. WARM...MOIST AIR ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE THREAT WILL BE GREATEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AS THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE ENTERS THE AREA. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON. RESIDENTS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD STAY INFORMED OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET. RWH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 12:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Stephens | 22 min |
| Jun 4, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Elbert | 30 min |
| Jun 4, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Elbert | 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.