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Tornado Warning 101, NWS Atlanta, GA

September 29, 1998Macon County, Taylor County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Sep 29, 1998, 6:46 PM EDT for Macon County, Taylor County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 29, 1998, 6:46 PM EDT (22:46 UTC)
Expired
Sep 29, 1998, 7:20 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Macon County, GA, Taylor County, GA

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 29, 11:00 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 12:00Z on 1998-09-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 96 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 12:00Z on 1998-09-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
96 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
765 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

166 
WFUS1 KATL 292247 RRA
TORATL
GAC193-269-292320-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
646 PM EDT TUE SEP 29 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN MACON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  TAYLOR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 720 PM EDT

* AT 645 PM EDT... A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR  13
  MILES SOUTH OF BUTLER MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE...
    RUPERT                      AROUND 700 PM EDT



IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS
A CLOSET OR BATHROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. AVOID WINDOWS. USE
BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. IF YOU
EXPERIENCE STORM DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES OR TREES...OR HAIL THE
SIZE OF DIMES OR LARGER...PLEASE REPORT IT BY CALLING THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE AT 770-486-8535.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 29, 5:09 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCMacon, Schley31 min
Sep 29, 5:40 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCJohnson35 min
Sep 29, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel35 min
Sep 29, 6:05 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCSumter35 min
Sep 29, 6:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Johnson34 min
Sep 29, 7:31 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCMontgomery, Wheeler34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.