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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 7, 1998Habersham County, Stephens County, Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 1998, 9:49 AM EDT for Habersham County, Stephens County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 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: May 7, 1998, 9:49 AM EDT (13:49 UTC)
Expired: May 7, 1998, 10:35 AM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Whole counties

Counties Habersham County, GA, Stephens County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 7, 10:00 AM EDT	Hail 1.5	Clarkesville, 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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 169 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 650 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -129 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 521 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 193 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -3.5

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 May 7, 2:25 AM EDT, 7 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 2:25 AM EDT, 7 hours 24 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 7, 5:30 AM EDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-071600-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
530 AM EDT THU MAY 7 1998

...MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY THIS EVENING OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WITH A SLIGHT RISK OF
SEVERE STORMS IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS...

A STORM SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS MORNING WILL
MOVE ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS TONIGHT.

AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF
THIS SYSTEM TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE. THE
BIGGEST THREAT WILL BE FROM DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL...ALTHOUGH A FEW
TORNADOES MAY ALSO BECOME POSSIBLE IF WE GET UNSTABLE ENOUGH.

HEAVY RAINS MAY ALSO CAUSE SOME STREAMS AND CREEKS TO BECOME BANKFUL
WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION OR
CABLE TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

NEAL

Special weather statement, May 7, 5:30 AM EDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-071600-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
530 AM EDT THU MAY 7 1998

...MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY THIS EVENING OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WITH A SLIGHT RISK OF
SEVERE STORMS IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS...

A STORM SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS MORNING WILL
MOVE ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS TONIGHT.

AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF
THIS SYSTEM TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE. THE
BIGGEST THREAT WILL BE FROM DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL...ALTHOUGH A FEW
TORNADOES MAY ALSO BECOME POSSIBLE IF WE GET UNSTABLE ENOUGH.

HEAVY RAINS MAY ALSO CAUSE SOME STREAMS AND CREEKS TO BECOME BANKFUL
WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION OR
CABLE TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

NEAL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 7, 3:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Mitchell, Yancey	48 min
May 7, 3:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Madison	50 min
May 7, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Madison	45 min
May 7, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Yancey	44 min
May 7, 4:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Madison	49 min
May 7, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe	32 min
May 7, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Alexander	35 min
May 7, 5:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	McDowell	46 min
May 7, 5:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Graham	49 min
May 7, 5:33 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Iredell	47 min
May 7, 5:40 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	McDowell	45 min
May 7, 5:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Caldwell	49 min
May 7, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Davie	34 min
May 7, 6:09 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Alexander	46 min
May 7, 6:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Haywood	49 min
May 7, 6:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke	48 min
May 7, 6:26 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Iredell	49 min
May 7, 6:34 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Lincoln	46 min
May 7, 6:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe	60 min
May 7, 7:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Haywood	64 min
May 7, 7:06 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Rowan	64 min
May 7, 7:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	McDowell	64 min
May 7, 7:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Iredell, Mecklenburg	33 min
May 7, 7:54 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Cabarrus	46 min
May 7, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Oconee	59 min
May 7, 5:11 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Oconee	34 min
May 7, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson	63 min
May 7, 6:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson	46 min
May 7, 6:23 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Greenwood	47 min
May 7, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Oconee	50 min
May 7, 7:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Oconee	49 min
May 7, 7:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Anderson	50 min
May 7, 10:48 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Franklin, Hart	32 min
May 7, 4:18 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Rabun	62 min
May 7, 4:28 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Habersham	47 min
May 7, 5:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Franklin	49 min
May 7, 5:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Elbert, Hart	45 min
May 7, 5:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Rabun	66 min
May 7, 6:04 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Elbert	46 min
May 7, 6:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Habersham	47 min
May 7, 7:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Rabun	48 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.