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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 3, 1998Meriwether County, Upson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 1998, 9:10 PM EST for Meriwether County, Upson County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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, 9:10 PM EST (02:10 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 1998, 9:45 PM EST
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Meriwether County, GA, Upson County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 3, 9:20 PM ESTHail 0.75Thomaston, GA
Apr 3, 9:50 PM ESTHail 0.88Hannah Mill, 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
Apr 3, 4:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 45 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 1998-04-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2522 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 1998-04-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 270 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2522 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
530 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
151 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
270 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
676 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
34.9

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The text

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

822 
WFUS1 KATL 040212 RRA
TORATL
GAC199-293-040245-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
910 PM EST FRI APR 3 1998
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN MERIWETHER COUNTY...UPSON COUNTY
 
AT 910 PM EST DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING A TORNADO LOCATED 3
MILES EAST OF WARM SPRINGS. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN
HOUR.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. IF
YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND
IF AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES AND GO TO A
REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 7:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett, Hall44 min
Apr 3, 7:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Walker, Whitfield48 min
Apr 3, 7:12 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCFayette48 min
Apr 3, 7:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb39 min
Apr 3, 7:31 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCClayton, Henry29 min
Apr 3, 7:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas27 min
Apr 3, 7:39 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCSpalding36 min
Apr 3, 7:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer, Murray45 min
Apr 3, 7:57 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCButts, Henry33 min
Apr 3, 7:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton31 min
Apr 3, 8:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTowns, Union48 min
Apr 3, 8:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Madison, Oglethorpe45 min
Apr 3, 8:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper42 min
Apr 3, 8:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb40 min
Apr 3, 8:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee27 min
Apr 3, 8:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Troup40 min
Apr 3, 8:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan32 min
Apr 3, 8:45 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCNewton, Rockdale45 min
Apr 3, 8:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene33 min
Apr 3, 8:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalton31 min
Apr 3, 9:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks27 min
Apr 3, 9:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette38 min
Apr 3, 9:14 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCHancock, Taliaferro, Warren46 min
Apr 3, 9:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Troup43 min
Apr 3, 9:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Henry40 min
Apr 3, 9:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Morgan53 min
Apr 3, 9:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Monroe, Upson32 min
Apr 3, 9:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaliaferro, Warren50 min
Apr 3, 10:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Jones27 min
Apr 3, 10:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Upson27 min
Apr 3, 10:24 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCPutnam36 min
Apr 3, 10:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Twiggs43 min
Apr 3, 10:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock53 min
Apr 3, 10:42 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCTwiggs, Wilkinson48 min
Apr 3, 10:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Taylor39 min
Apr 3, 11:19 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCJohnson, Laurens26 min
Apr 3, 11:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Laurens48 min
Apr 4, 12:18 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTreutlen27 min
Apr 4, 12:34 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel26 min
Apr 4, 12:34 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens26 min
Apr 4, 12:51 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTreutlen39 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.