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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 3, 1998Morgan County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 1998, 6:05 PM EST for Morgan County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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 3, 1998, 6:05 PM EST (23:05 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 1998, 6:30 PM EST
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

County Morgan County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 3, 6:20 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 50 EG	Madison, GA	Thunderstorm winds knocked trees down and damaged an outbuilding. Quarter size hail was also reported.
Apr 3, 6:20 PM EST	Hail 1	Madison, 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 3, 4:00 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 97 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: 26 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 560 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 210 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.

869 
WFUS1 KATL 032313 RRB
TORATL
GAC211-032330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTION TO COUNTY LOCATION/NAME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
605 PM EST FRI APR 3 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

   ...SOUTHERN MORGAN COUNTY

AT 605 PM EST DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH
OF MADISON. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 9:28 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Wilkinson	17 min
Apr 3, 9:36 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Washington	39 min
Apr 3, 9:45 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Johnson, Laurens	30 min
Apr 3, 10:13 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Johnson, Washington, Wilkinson	32 min
Apr 3, 10:27 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Morgan, Oconee	33 min
Apr 3, 10:38 AM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Johnson	22 min
Apr 3, 10:55 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel	20 min
Apr 3, 1:38 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Hancock, Putnam	52 min
Apr 3, 1:56 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Glascock, Warren	49 min
Apr 3, 2:06 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Washington	54 min
Apr 3, 2:31 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jefferson	44 min
Apr 3, 2:54 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Washington	36 min
Apr 3, 3:09 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Jefferson	36 min
Apr 3, 3:23 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cobb, Paulding	37 min
Apr 3, 3:25 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Emanuel	35 min
Apr 3, 3:49 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Douglas, Fulton	26 min
Apr 3, 4:16 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Fulton	29 min
Apr 3, 4:20 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Webster	25 min
Apr 3, 4:22 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dade, Walker	38 min
Apr 3, 4:28 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Houston, Peach	47 min
Apr 3, 4:28 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Twiggs	47 min
Apr 3, 4:32 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Johnson, Laurens	43 min
Apr 3, 4:46 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Walker	29 min
Apr 3, 4:49 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Schley, Sumter	26 min
Apr 3, 4:59 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Laurens, Twiggs	31 min
Apr 3, 5:09 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Johnson	36 min
Apr 3, 5:10 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Henry, Newton	50 min
Apr 3, 5:24 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clarke, Oconee	51 min
Apr 3, 5:24 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Walton	51 min
Apr 3, 5:42 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel	33 min
Apr 3, 5:44 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jasper, Morgan	31 min
Apr 3, 6:05 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Gordon	25 min
Apr 3, 6:13 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Douglas	47 min
Apr 3, 6:16 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel	29 min
Apr 3, 6:27 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Emanuel	18 min
Apr 3, 6:36 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cherokee, Fulton	39 min
Apr 3, 6:49 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Forsyth	26 min
Apr 3, 6:56 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Coweta, Heard	49 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.