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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 212, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 17, 1998Hall County, White County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 1998, 2:07 AM EDT for Hall County, White County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 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 17, 1998, 2:07 AM EDT (06:07 UTC)
Expired: Apr 17, 1998, 2:55 AM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Hall County, GA, White County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 17, 2:10 AM EDT	Hail 1	Cleveland, GA
Apr 17, 2:15 AM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Cleveland, GA	A report relayed from Greenville WSO indicated trees down and 3/4 to one inch hail in White county.

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 16, 10:15 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 140 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: 1217 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 573 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 280 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 368 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.0
Supercell composite: 10.6

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The text

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

233 
WUUS1 KATL 170608 RRA
SVRATL
GAC139-311-170655-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
207 AM EDT FRI APR 17 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HALL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA
  WHITE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 255 AM EDT

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
   CLEVELAND                   AROUND 207 AM EDT
   ROBERTSTOWN                 AROUND 207 AM EDT
   HELEN                       AROUND 208 AM EDT
   NACOOCHEE                   AROUND 209 AM EDT
   UNICOI SP                   AROUND 209 AM EDT
   LEAF                        AROUND 209 AM EDT
   SAUTEE                      AROUND 209 AM EDT

* AT 204 AM EDT...  5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLEVELAND... A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR... MOVING EAST 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.

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 16, 11:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1116 PM EDT THU APR 16 1998

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

1054 PM    TRENTON                   GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/16/98    DADE                           DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

1106 PM    TRENTON                   GA   60 MPH TSTM GUST
4/16/98    DADE                           SPOTTER REPORTED 60 MPH WINDS

Local storm report, Apr 16, 11:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1116 PM EDT THU APR 16 1998

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

1054 PM    TRENTON                   GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/16/98    DADE                           DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

1106 PM    TRENTON                   GA   60 MPH TSTM GUST
4/16/98    DADE                           SPOTTER REPORTED 60 MPH WINDS

Local storm report, Apr 17, 2:00 AM EDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
200 AM EDT FRI APR 17 1998

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

110-113 AM JASPER                    GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/17/98    PICKENS                        REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC

125 AM     8N CUMMING                GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/17/98    FORSYTH                        REPORTED BY EMA DIRECTOR

135 AM     GANESVILLE                GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/17/98    HALL                           REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC

Local storm report, Apr 17, 2:00 AM EDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
200 AM EDT FRI APR 17 1998

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

110-113 AM JASPER                    GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/17/98    PICKENS                        REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC

125 AM     8N CUMMING                GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/17/98    FORSYTH                        REPORTED BY EMA DIRECTOR

135 AM     GANESVILLE                GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/17/98    HALL                           REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC

Local storm report, Apr 17, 2:02 AM EDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
200 AM EDT THU APR 16 1998

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

110-113 AM JASPER                    GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/17/98    PICKENS                        REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC

125 AM     8N CUMMING                GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/17/98    FORSYTH                        REPORTED BY EMA DIRECTOR

135 AM     GANESVILLE                GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/17/98    HALL                           REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 16, 10:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dade	33 min
Apr 16, 11:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Walker	32 min
Apr 16, 11:20 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Walker	35 min
Apr 16, 11:33 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Chattooga, Floyd	32 min
Apr 16, 11:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Floyd	18 min
Apr 17, 12:13 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Bartow	47 min
Apr 17, 12:41 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Cherokee, Pickens	49 min
Apr 17, 12:53 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fannin, Union	32 min
Apr 17, 1:04 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Dawson, Lumpkin	51 min
Apr 17, 1:24 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gordon, Pickens	46 min
Apr 17, 1:32 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Hall	33 min
Apr 17, 1:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dawson, Lumpkin	31 min
Apr 17, 3:02 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Cherokee, Pickens	33 min
Apr 17, 3:22 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Lumpkin, White	4 hr
Apr 17, 3:22 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Dawson	4 hr
Apr 17, 5:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cherokee, Forsyth	34 min
Apr 17, 7:25 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Marion, Schley	35 min
Apr 17, 7:49 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Macon	36 min
Apr 17, 7:59 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Schley	21 min
Apr 17, 8:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Houston, Peach	35 min
Apr 17, 8:34 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Twiggs	36 min
Apr 17, 8:47 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Wilkinson	33 min
Apr 17, 4:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Marion	32 min
Apr 17, 5:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Jones	34 min
Apr 17, 5:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Macon, Marion, Schley	48 min
Apr 17, 6:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Houston, Macon	34 min
Apr 17, 6:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Crawford	33 min
Apr 17, 6:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Schley	36 min
Apr 17, 6:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Twiggs	45 min
Apr 17, 7:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Wilkinson	35 min
Apr 17, 7:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Washington	49 min
Apr 17, 7:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Wilkinson	18 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.