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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 359, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 3, 1998Forsyth County, Gwinnett County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 1998, 8:17 PM EDT for Forsyth County, Gwinnett County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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 3, 1998, 8:17 PM EDT (00:17 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 1998, 8:50 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Forsyth County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 3, 9:00 PM EDTHail 1Snellville, 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
May 3, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
May 3, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 1998-05-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 879 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 1998-05-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 139 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
879 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
901 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.6

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The text

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

297 
WUUS1 KATL 040019 RRA
SVRATL
GAC117-135-040050-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
817 PM EDT SUN MAY 3 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 850 PM EDT

* AT 816 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  6 MILES NORTHWEST OF DULUTH MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN AND NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
   DULUTH                      AROUND 825 PM EDT
   SUWANEE                     AROUND 835 PM EDT
   SUGAR HILL                  AROUND 835 PM EDT
   BUFORD                      AROUND 840 PM EDT
   LAWRENCEVILLE               AROUND 845 PM EDT



DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE
AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. BOATERS...GOLFERS...
AND OTHERS INVOLVED IN OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES SHOULD SEEK SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY. 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.

17/66

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 8:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPutnam37 min
May 3, 8:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb33 min
May 3, 8:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks35 min
May 3, 8:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll51 min
May 3, 8:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall34 min
May 3, 8:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett33 min
May 3, 9:04 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCGwinnett21 min
May 3, 9:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas, Fulton49 min
May 3, 9:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Walton49 min
May 3, 9:19 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCJefferson36 min
May 3, 9:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Fayette35 min
May 3, 9:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOconee51 min
May 3, 9:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Toombs35 min
May 3, 9:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWheeler35 min
May 3, 9:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry, Newton, Rockdale47 min
May 3, 9:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke49 min
May 3, 10:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan37 min
May 3, 10:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOglethorpe48 min
May 3, 11:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkes35 min
May 4, 12:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWebster33 min
May 4, 12:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter51 min
May 4, 1:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp33 min
May 4, 1:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly34 min
May 4, 1:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilcox35 min
May 4, 1:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston, Pulaski33 min
May 4, 1:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Telfair37 min
May 4, 2:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWebster35 min
May 4, 2:18 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTreutlen, Wheeler32 min
May 4, 2:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery34 min
May 4, 2:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens34 min
May 4, 2:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter50 min
May 4, 2:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Toombs32 min
May 4, 2:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Dooly31 min
May 4, 3:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter33 min
May 4, 3:17 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Telfair33 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.