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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 9, 1998Forsyth County, Fulton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 1998, 12:16 AM EDT for Forsyth County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 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
Apr 9, 1998, 12:16 AM EDT (04:16 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 1998, 1:00 AM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 9, 12:30 AM EDTTornado F1Sandy Spgs, GAThe tornado continued into Fulton county before lifting temporarily. Large trees were snapped, power lines were downed and damage occurred to buildings. Four minor injuries were reported.
Apr 9, 12:30 AM EDTHail 0.75Roswell, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 8, 7:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 73 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 1998-04-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 771 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 1998-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 176 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
771 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
478 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
313 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.5
Supercell composite
8.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

201 
WUUS1 KATL 090419 RRA
SVRATL
GAC187-085-117-121-090500-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1216 AM EDT THU APR 9 1998
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  100 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...LUMPKIN COUNTY
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...DAWSON COUNTY...FORSYTH COUNTY...FULTON COUNTY
 
AT 1214 AM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF DAHLONGA THROUGH DAWSONVILLE AND
CANTON TO MARIETTA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 50
MPH.
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT IN OR NEAR THE WARNED AREA.
REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE
ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
IF YOU EXPERIENCE STORM DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES OR TREES...OR HAIL THE
SIZE OF DIMES OR LARGER...PLEASE REPORT IT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING 770-486-8535.
 
KDF/BDL

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

Local storm report, Apr 8, 8:44 PM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
844 PM EDT WED APR 8 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

145 PM     WEST POINT                GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     TROUP                          DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT
                                          EXIT 1 ON I-85.

158 PM     LA GRANGE                 GA   0.90 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     TROUP                          DIME TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL
                                          WAS REPORTED BETWEEN 200 PM
                                          205 PM.

205 PM     WEST POINT                GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     TROUP                          DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED
                                          BETWEEN WEST POINT AND
                                          LA GRANGE.

220 PM     LA GRANGE                 GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     TROUP                          DIME SIZE HAIL FELL BETWEEN
                                          220 AND 225 PM.

545 PM     CEDARTOWN                 GA   1.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     POLK                           HAIL RANGING FROM DIME TO
                                          GOLFBALL SIZED WAS REPORTED
                                          BETWEEN 545 AND 610 PM.

607 PM     CAVE SPRINGS              GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     FLOYD

605 PM     ROME                      GA   1.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     FLOYD                          NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DIME SIZE
                                          HAIL WERE REPORTED BETWEEN
                                          605 AND 625 PM...GOLFBALL
                                          SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED AT
                                          630 PM.

615 PM     ROCKMART                  GA   1.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     POLK                           QUARTER AND GOLFBALL SIZED
                                          HAIL WAS REPORTED BETWEEN
                                          615 AND 617 PM.

635 PM     WOODSTOCK                 GA   0.90 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     CHEROKEE                       NUMEROUS REPORTS OF HAIL
                                          RANGING FROM DIME SIZE TO
                                          NICKEL SIZE IN THE AREA FROM
                                          3 MILES WEST OF WOODSTOCK TO
                                          WOODSTOCK BETWEEN 635 AND 700
                                          PM.

645 PM     ACWORTH                   GA   0.90 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     CHEROKEE                       DIME TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL WAS
                                          REPORTED IN THE SW CORNER OF
                                          CHEROKEE COUNTY.

650 PM     HICKORY FLAT              GA   1.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     CHEROKEE                       NICKEL TO QUARTER TO GOLFBALL
                                          SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED
                                          BETWEEN 650 AND 700 PM.

645 PM     CALHOUN                   GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     GORDON                         DIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL
                                          WAS REPORTED BETWEEN 645 AND
                                          710 PM.

626 PM     6 SE KNOXVILLE            GA   1.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     CRAWFORD

602 PM     ARROGON                   GA   0.90 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     POLK                           NICKEL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORT-
                                          ED BETWEEN 602 AND 615 PM.

625 PM     ARMUCHEE                  GA   0.90 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     FLOYD

635 PM     1 NE ACWORTH              GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     CHEROKEE                       QUARTER SIZED HAIL WAS
                                          REPORTED IN THE SOUTHWESTERN-
                                          MOST CORNER OF CHEROKEE
                                          COUNTY.

605 PM     GARDEN LAKE               GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     FLOYD                          DIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL
                                          WAS REPORTED BETWEEN 605 AND
                                          625 PM.

706 PM     PLAINSVILLE               GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     GORDON

645 PM     ACWORTH                   GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     COBB                           DIME SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED
                                          IN THE COBB COUNTY PORTION
                                          OF ACWORTH.

645 PM     EMERSON                   GA   0.90 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     BARTOW                         NICKEL SIZED HAIL WAS
                                          REPORTED IN THE AREA BETWEEN
                                          EMERSON AND ACWORTH IN
                                          BARTOW COUNTY.

720 PM     4 S NEWNAN                GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     COWETA

735 PM     PEACHTREE CITY            GA   0.90 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     FAYETTE                        DIME TO NICKEL SZED HAIL WAS
                                          REPORTED BETWEEN 735 AND 740
                                          PM.

730 PM     GAINESVILLE               GA   0.90 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     HALL

740 PM     POINT SOUTH               GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     CLAYTON                        DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED
                                          IN THE AREA BETWEEN POINT
                                          SOUTH AND JONESBORO BETWEEN
                                          740 AND 750 PM.

746 PM     FAYETTEVILLE              GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     FAYETTE                        QUARTER SIZED HAIL WAS
                                          REPORTED BETWEEN 746 AND 750
                                          PM.

755 PM     REX                       GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     CLAYTON                        NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL
                                          WAS REPORTED.

721 PM     MORELAND                  GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     COWETA

800 PM     COUNTYWIDE                GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     MADISON                        NWS EMPLOYEE DAUGHTER REPORTS
                                          QUARTER SIZED HAIL.

803 PM     ELLENWOOD                 GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     HENRY                          DIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL
                                          WAS REPORTED.

805 PM     LA GRANGE                 GA   TORNADO
4/8/98     TROUP                          A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE
                                          GROUND IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK
                                          AREA.  DAMAGE IS UNKNOWN AT
                                          THIS TIME.

825 PM     LOGANSVILLE               GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     WALTON

734 PM     3 S THOMAS CROSSROADS     GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     COWETA

737 PM     PEACHTREE CITY            GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     FAYETTE
Local storm report, Apr 8, 8:44 PM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
844 PM EDT WED APR 8 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

145 PM     WEST POINT                GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     TROUP                          DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT
                                          EXIT 1 ON I-85.

158 PM     LA GRANGE                 GA   0.90 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     TROUP                          DIME TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL
                                          WAS REPORTED BETWEEN 200 PM
                                          205 PM.

205 PM     WEST POINT                GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     TROUP                          DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED
                                          BETWEEN WEST POINT AND
                                          LA GRANGE.

220 PM     LA GRANGE                 GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     TROUP                          DIME SIZE HAIL FELL BETWEEN
                                          220 AND 225 PM.

545 PM     CEDARTOWN                 GA   1.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     POLK                           HAIL RANGING FROM DIME TO
                                          GOLFBALL SIZED WAS REPORTED
                                          BETWEEN 545 AND 610 PM.

607 PM     CAVE SPRINGS              GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     FLOYD

605 PM     ROME                      GA   1.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     FLOYD                          NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DIME SIZE
                                          HAIL WERE REPORTED BETWEEN
                                          605 AND 625 PM...GOLFBALL
                                          SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED AT
                                          630 PM.

615 PM     ROCKMART                  GA   1.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     POLK                           QUARTER AND GOLFBALL SIZED
                                          HAIL WAS REPORTED BETWEEN
                                          615 AND 617 PM.

635 PM     WOODSTOCK                 GA   0.90 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     CHEROKEE                       NUMEROUS REPORTS OF HAIL
                                          RANGING FROM DIME SIZE TO
                                          NICKEL SIZE IN THE AREA FROM
                                          3 MILES WEST OF WOODSTOCK TO
                                          WOODSTOCK BETWEEN 635 AND 700
                                          PM.

645 PM     ACWORTH                   GA   0.90 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     CHEROKEE                       DIME TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL WAS
                                          REPORTED IN THE SW CORNER OF
                                          CHEROKEE COUNTY.

650 PM     HICKORY FLAT              GA   1.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     CHEROKEE                       NICKEL TO QUARTER TO GOLFBALL
                                          SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED
                                          BETWEEN 650 AND 700 PM.

645 PM     CALHOUN                   GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     GORDON                         DIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL
                                          WAS REPORTED BETWEEN 645 AND
                                          710 PM.

626 PM     6 SE KNOXVILLE            GA   1.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     CRAWFORD

602 PM     ARROGON                   GA   0.90 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     POLK                           NICKEL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORT-
                                          ED BETWEEN 602 AND 615 PM.

625 PM     ARMUCHEE                  GA   0.90 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     FLOYD

635 PM     1 NE ACWORTH              GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     CHEROKEE                       QUARTER SIZED HAIL WAS
                                          REPORTED IN THE SOUTHWESTERN-
                                          MOST CORNER OF CHEROKEE
                                          COUNTY.

605 PM     GARDEN LAKE               GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     FLOYD                          DIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL
                                          WAS REPORTED BETWEEN 605 AND
                                          625 PM.

706 PM     PLAINSVILLE               GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     GORDON

645 PM     ACWORTH                   GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     COBB                           DIME SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED
                                          IN THE COBB COUNTY PORTION
                                          OF ACWORTH.

645 PM     EMERSON                   GA   0.90 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     BARTOW                         NICKEL SIZED HAIL WAS
                                          REPORTED IN THE AREA BETWEEN
                                          EMERSON AND ACWORTH IN
                                          BARTOW COUNTY.

720 PM     4 S NEWNAN                GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     COWETA

735 PM     PEACHTREE CITY            GA   0.90 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     FAYETTE                        DIME TO NICKEL SZED HAIL WAS
                                          REPORTED BETWEEN 735 AND 740
                                          PM.

730 PM     GAINESVILLE               GA   0.90 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     HALL

740 PM     POINT SOUTH               GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     CLAYTON                        DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED
                                          IN THE AREA BETWEEN POINT
                                          SOUTH AND JONESBORO BETWEEN
                                          740 AND 750 PM.

746 PM     FAYETTEVILLE              GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     FAYETTE                        QUARTER SIZED HAIL WAS
                                          REPORTED BETWEEN 746 AND 750
                                          PM.

755 PM     REX                       GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     CLAYTON                        NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL
                                          WAS REPORTED.

721 PM     MORELAND                  GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     COWETA

800 PM     COUNTYWIDE                GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     MADISON                        NWS EMPLOYEE DAUGHTER REPORTS
                                          QUARTER SIZED HAIL.

803 PM     ELLENWOOD                 GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     HENRY                          DIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL
                                          WAS REPORTED.

805 PM     LA GRANGE                 GA   TORNADO
4/8/98     TROUP                          A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE
                                          GROUND IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK
                                          AREA.  DAMAGE IS UNKNOWN AT
                                          THIS TIME.

825 PM     LOGANSVILLE               GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     WALTON

734 PM     3 S THOMAS CROSSROADS     GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     COWETA

737 PM     PEACHTREE CITY            GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     FAYETTE
Local storm report, Apr 8, 11:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1107 PM EDT WED APR 8 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

817 PM     CONYERS                   GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     ROCKDALE

820 PM     11 NE STOCKBRIDGE         GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     HENRY

930 PM     FRANKLIN                  GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     HEARD

931 PM     POWERS CROSSROADS         GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     HEARD                          DIME TO QUARTER SIZE

941 PM     FRANKLIN                  GA   1.25 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     HEARD

939 PM     2 N GAINSVILLE            GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     HALL

928 PM     COLDMONT                  GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     FORSYTH

917 PM     LILBURN                   GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     GWINNETT

947 PM     CALHOUN                   GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     GORDON

934 PM     DESDEN                    GA   1.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     COWETA

950 PM     DALLAS                    GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     PAULDING

930 PM     JACKSON LAKE              GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     BUTTS

958 PM     ROME                      GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     FLOYD

1005 PM    ROME                      GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     FLOYD

945 PM     DILUTH                    GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     GWINNETT

1007 PM    EAST POINT                GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     FULTON

939 PM     3 SW NEWNAN               GA   1.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     COWETA

946 PM     4 E NEWNAN                GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     COWETA

957 PM     10 NW ROME                GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     FLOYD
Local storm report, Apr 8, 11:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1107 PM EDT WED APR 8 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

817 PM     CONYERS                   GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     ROCKDALE

820 PM     11 NE STOCKBRIDGE         GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     HENRY

930 PM     FRANKLIN                  GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     HEARD

931 PM     POWERS CROSSROADS         GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     HEARD                          DIME TO QUARTER SIZE

941 PM     FRANKLIN                  GA   1.25 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     HEARD

939 PM     2 N GAINSVILLE            GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     HALL

928 PM     COLDMONT                  GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     FORSYTH

917 PM     LILBURN                   GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     GWINNETT

947 PM     CALHOUN                   GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     GORDON

934 PM     DESDEN                    GA   1.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     COWETA

950 PM     DALLAS                    GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     PAULDING

930 PM     JACKSON LAKE              GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     BUTTS

958 PM     ROME                      GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     FLOYD

1005 PM    ROME                      GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     FLOYD

945 PM     DILUTH                    GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     GWINNETT

1007 PM    EAST POINT                GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     FULTON

939 PM     3 SW NEWNAN               GA   1.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     COWETA

946 PM     4 E NEWNAN                GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     COWETA

957 PM     10 NW ROME                GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     FLOYD
Local storm report, Apr 8, 11:35 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1135 PM EDT WED APR 8 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

800 PM     MORROW                    GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     CLAYTON

833 PM     LOGANVILLE                GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     WALTON

841 PM     BETHLEHEM                 GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     BARROW

800 PM     ELLENWOOD                 GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     HENRY

845 PM     WINDER                    GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     BARROW

900 PM     DILUTH                    GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     GWINNETT

910 PM     5 W PENNINGTON            GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     JASPER

936 PM     NEWNAN                    GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     COWETA

810 PM     ELWOOD                    GA   1.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     HENRY

935 PM     2 E GAINSVILLE            GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     HALL

940 PM     NEWNAN                    GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     COWETA

824 PM     LOGANSVILLE               GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     WALTON
Local storm report, Apr 8, 11:35 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1135 PM EDT WED APR 8 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

800 PM     MORROW                    GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     CLAYTON

833 PM     LOGANVILLE                GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     WALTON

841 PM     BETHLEHEM                 GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     BARROW

800 PM     ELLENWOOD                 GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     HENRY

845 PM     WINDER                    GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     BARROW

900 PM     DILUTH                    GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     GWINNETT

910 PM     5 W PENNINGTON            GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     JASPER

936 PM     NEWNAN                    GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     COWETA

810 PM     ELWOOD                    GA   1.75 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     HENRY

935 PM     2 E GAINSVILLE            GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     HALL

940 PM     NEWNAN                    GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     COWETA

824 PM     LOGANSVILLE               GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
4/8/98     WALTON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 8:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSpalding25 min
Apr 8, 8:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether35 min
Apr 8, 8:16 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCTroup14 min
Apr 8, 8:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan, Newton26 min
Apr 8, 8:25 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCMeriwether35 min
Apr 8, 8:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPike, Spalding43 min
Apr 8, 8:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Oconee, Walton38 min
Apr 8, 8:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Jasper33 min
Apr 8, 8:47 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCPike28 min
Apr 8, 8:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJackson33 min
Apr 8, 8:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar31 min
Apr 8, 9:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard, Troup42 min
Apr 8, 9:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton, Gwinnett37 min
Apr 8, 9:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan, Newton34 min
Apr 8, 9:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock, Washington46 min
Apr 8, 9:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Coweta53 min
Apr 8, 9:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson53 min
Apr 8, 9:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth, Hall37 min
Apr 8, 9:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Warren31 min
Apr 8, 9:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Jasper43 min
Apr 8, 9:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Morgan43 min
Apr 8, 9:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFayette, Fulton40 min
Apr 8, 9:42 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCoweta33 min
Apr 8, 9:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Paulding31 min
Apr 8, 9:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee31 min
Apr 8, 9:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Walker42 min
Apr 8, 9:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Hall25 min
Apr 8, 9:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGilmer, Gordon51 min
Apr 8, 10:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Henry, Rockdale42 min
Apr 8, 10:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin31 min
Apr 8, 10:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton25 min
Apr 8, 10:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton, Rockdale36 min
Apr 8, 10:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett42 min
Apr 8, 10:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalton37 min
Apr 8, 10:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Floyd47 min
Apr 8, 10:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Oconee29 min
Apr 8, 10:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGilmer, Murray25 min
Apr 8, 10:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Jackson, Madison50 min
Apr 8, 10:57 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCPolk33 min
Apr 8, 11:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Warren39 min
Apr 8, 11:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson30 min
Apr 8, 11:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOglethorpe39 min
Apr 8, 11:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Paulding36 min
Apr 8, 11:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow36 min
Apr 8, 11:29 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCHaralson31 min
Apr 8, 11:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall38 min
Apr 8, 11:43 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCBartow, Paulding32 min
Apr 8, 11:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks42 min
Apr 8, 11:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Cobb39 min
Apr 9, 12:07 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCCobb38 min
Apr 9, 12:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Lumpkin44 min
Apr 9, 12:23 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCFulton37 min
Apr 9, 12:31 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett29 min
Apr 9, 12:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll27 min
Apr 9, 12:48 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCGwinnett27 min
Apr 9, 1:02 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCBarrow, Hall, Jackson43 min
Apr 9, 1:09 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCDouglas36 min
Apr 9, 1:13 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCCobb32 min
Apr 9, 1:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton39 min
Apr 9, 1:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett51 min
Apr 9, 1:35 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Madison25 min
Apr 9, 2:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Heard43 min
Apr 9, 2:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Jackson36 min
Apr 9, 2:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Troup34 min
Apr 9, 2:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Fayette51 min
Apr 9, 2:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether51 min
Apr 9, 3:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton29 min
Apr 9, 3:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair, Wheeler36 min
Apr 9, 3:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett, Rockdale30 min
Apr 9, 3:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry, Spalding30 min
Apr 9, 3:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPike30 min
Apr 9, 3:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Jackson, Walton35 min
Apr 9, 3:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Toombs31 min
Apr 9, 3:38 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Monroe, Newton37 min
Apr 9, 4:00 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett4 hr
Apr 9, 5:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWebster29 min
Apr 9, 5:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon25 min
Apr 9, 6:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston25 min
Apr 9, 6:17 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCBleckley, Pulaski28 min
Apr 9, 6:32 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCDodge, Laurens28 min

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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.