Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 1998, 10:48 AM EDT for Franklin County, Hart County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 1998, 10:48 AM EDT (14:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 1998, 11:20 AM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Franklin County, GA, Hart County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
294 WUUS1 KGSP 071449 RRA SVRGSP GAC119-147-071520- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1048 AM EDT THU MAY 7 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA HART COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA * UNTIL 1120 AM EDT * AT 1049 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTH OF CARNESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... FRANKLIN SPRINGS BY 1100 AM AIRLINE BY 1110 AM HARWELL BY 1115 AM 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. KAJ
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, 10:03 AM EDT, 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 7, 10:03 AM EDT, 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1003 AM EDT THU MAY 7 1998 CAE/FFC/RAH: ZFP PRETTY MUCH ON TRACK FOR THIS AFTERNOON. STG UPPER DYNAMICS WILL DRIVE WEAKENING CONVECTION ACRS THE FA THIS MORNING. COOLER TOPS ON IR IMAGERY PROPAGATING ALONG DIFFLUENT THNKS GRADIENT WILL PASS ALONG SOUTHWESTERN FRINGES OF FA THRU LATE MORNING. OTHERWISE...CONDITIONS QUITE FAVORABLE FOR SVR TSTM DEVELOPMENT LATER TDY AS STG SOUTHERN JET COMBINES WITH INCREASING WAA/RH & VWP. WILL ISSUE UPDATED SPS AROUND 1115 AM TO ADDRESS SVR THREAT. CSH
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 7, 5:30 AM EDT, 5 hours 18 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, 5 hours 18 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
Local storm report, May 7, 9:52 AM EDT, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
952 AM EDT THU MAY 07 1998
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
945 AM JUST WEST OF CLARKESVILLE GA .88 INCH HAIL
05/07/98 HABERSHAM INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS
115 AND 17.
CSHLocal storm report, May 7, 9:52 AM EDT, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
952 AM EDT THU MAY 07 1998
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
945 AM JUST WEST OF CLARKESVILLE GA .88 INCH HAIL
05/07/98 HABERSHAM INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS
115 AND 17.
CSHLocal storm report, May 7, 10:09 AM EDT, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1009 AM EDT THU MAY 07 1998
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
1000 AM CLARKESVILLE GA 1.50 INCH HAIL
05/07/98 HABERSHAM REPORTED BY 911
COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.
KAJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 9:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Habersham, Stephens | 46 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
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.