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Tornado Warning 102, NWS Atlanta, GA

September 29, 1998Montgomery County, Wheeler County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Sep 29, 1998, 7:31 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Wheeler 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, 7:31 PM EDT (23:31 UTC)
Expired
Sep 29, 1998, 8:05 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Montgomery County, GA, Wheeler 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, 7:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 203 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 1998-09-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 445 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 1998-09-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
445 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
917 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

412 
WFUS1 KATL 292332 RRA
TORATL
GAC209-309-300005-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MONTGOMERY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WHEELER COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 805 PM EDT

* AT 730 PM EDT... A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR  14
  MILES SOUTH OF MOUNT VERNON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE...
    UVALDA                      AROUND 750 PM EDT
    ALSTON                      AROUND 800 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, 6:46 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCMacon, Taylor34 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.