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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 109, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 7, 1998Lowndes County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 1998, 6:36 AM EDT for Lowndes County, Georgia. It was in force for 64 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, 6:36 AM EDT (10:36 UTC)
Expired: May 7, 1998, 7:40 AM EDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Whole counties

County Lowndes County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 7, 6:40 AM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Valdosta, GA	Straight-line winds destroyed three mobile homes, a wood frame house, and a church in Valdosta. Numerous trees and power lines downed throughout Valdosta. Dime sized hail reported in northeast Valdosta.

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 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 Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 7, 4:00 AM EDT, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 4:00 AM EDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
400 AM EDT THU MAY 7 1998

00Z 6 HR ETA MODEL FIELDS VERIFIED SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN NGM WITH
ETA PICKING UP ON CONVECTION THAT FIRED ACRS SE AL AND SW GA
TONIGHT BOTH IN PRECIP AND VORTICITY FIELDS. SO WILL LEAN WITH ETA
FOR THIS FORECAST...ALTHO PRETTY SIMILAR TO NGM. ETA TRACKS SFC
LOW FROM ARK TO VA THRU PD. UPR LO IN IL AT 18Z WILL DROP INTO MID
ATLC STATES AS VORT MAX SLIDES ACROSS N AL/N GA AND SC TONIGHT INTO
FRI MORN. APRS MOST OF THE HEAVY WEATHER SHOULD STAY TO THE NORTH
OF THE FA BUT COULD CLIP OUR NRN SW AND S CNTRL GA COUNTIES. FOR
TDY...THINK 30 POPS IN ORDER ACRS N FL ZNS...MAY NEED HIER FOR OUR
GA CWA...ESPEC BY TONIGHT. TONIGHT...CAN KEEP SLGT CHC POPS FL BIG
BEND TO HIGH CHC POPS GA CWA. BEST ETA CAPES FROM CNTRL AL 2000+ AT
00Z THIS EVE TO CNTRL GA 2000+ AT 06Z TONIGHT. ETA HELICITIES
HIGHEST CNTRL AL/GA THRU 06Z WITH ETA BEST LIS TRACKING JUST NORTH
OF OUR FA BTWN 00Z AND 06Z TONIGHT. FRI...LOOKS LIKE THINGS WILL
DRY OUT A BIT AND HEAT UP WITH GUID HI TEMPS IN THE LWR 90S...MAY
AGAIN NEED 10 OR 20 POP FOR ISOLD AFTN TSTMS ESPEC ERN PORTIONS OF
FA. OTHERWISE NGM/AVN GUID TEMPS CLOSE SO NO PROB THERE.

VOLKMER

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 7, 5:50 AM EDT, 46 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 7, 6:08 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Madison	52 min
May 7, 6:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Madison	51 min
May 7, 7:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Madison	60 min
May 7, 8:04 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Madison	46 min
May 7, 5:10 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Colquitt, Worth	65 min
May 7, 6:26 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Brooks	49 min
May 7, 2:37 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Henry	63 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1998 Every 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.