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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 213, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 17, 1998Cherokee County, Forsyth County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 1998, 5:16 AM EDT for Cherokee County, Forsyth County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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: Apr 17, 1998, 5:16 AM EDT (09:16 UTC)
Expired: Apr 17, 1998, 5:50 AM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Cherokee County, GA, Forsyth County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 17, 5:40 AM EDT	Hail 0.88	Ducktown, GA	Forsyth county 911 reported penny to nickel size hail near the Cherokee county line along highway 20.

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 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 98 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.

163 
WUUS1 KATL 170917 RRA
SVRATL
GAC057-117-170950-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA
  FORSYTH COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 550 AM EDT


* AT 515 AM EDT...  18 MILES SOUTH OF DREW... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR... MOVING EAST 45 MPH.


WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...LIGHTNING POSES A SERIOUS
DANGER. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES...UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. IF BOATING OR
SWIMMING...GET TO LAND QUICKLY AND FIND SHELTER. IF IN THE OPEN
FIND A LOW SPOT AWAY FROM TREES...FENCES...AND POLES. 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.

VW/KM

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, 6 hours 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, 6 hours 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, 3 hours 16 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, 3 hours 16 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, 3 hours 14 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

Local storm report, Apr 17, 3:46 AM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

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

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

213 AM     CLEVELAND                 GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/17/98    WHITE

1117 PM    E OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN     GA   WIND DAMAGE
4/16/98    WALKER                         *** 2 INJ ***
                                          3 TRAILERS DESTROYED...
                                          2 BARNS DESTROYED...CAR
                                          DESTROYED...1 ROOF OFF A
                                          HOUSE...TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN

1240 AM    WHITE                     GA   WIND DAMAGE
4/17/98    BARTOW                         SEVERAL TREES DOWN

335 AM     GAINESVILLE               GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
4/17/98    HALL

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, 2:07 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Hall, White	48 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, 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

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.