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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 3, 1998Hancock County, Taliaferro County, Warren County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 1998, 9:14 PM EST for Hancock County, Taliaferro County, Warren County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 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: Apr 3, 1998, 9:14 PM EST (02:14 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 1998, 10:00 PM EST
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Hancock County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Warren County, GA

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 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 153 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: 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.

856 
WFUS1 KATL 040216 RRA
TORATL
GAC141-301-265-040300-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
914 PM EST FRI APR 3 1998
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...HANCOCK COUNTY...WARREN COUNTY
 
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...TALIAFERRO COUNTY
 
AT 914 PM EST WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING A TORNADO LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH
OF GREENSBORO. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 60 MILES AN HOUR.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...LIGHTNING POSES A SERIOUS DANGER.
STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DONT USE TELEPHONES OR
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES, UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. IF BOATING OR
SWIMMING...GET TO LAND QUICKLY AND FIND SHELTER. IF IN THE OPEN FIND
A LOW SPOT AWAY FROM TREES, FENCES, AND POLES.
 
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.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 7:01 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gwinnett, Hall	44 min
Apr 3, 7:12 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Walker, Whitfield	48 min
Apr 3, 7:12 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Fayette	48 min
Apr 3, 7:21 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	DeKalb	39 min
Apr 3, 7:31 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Clayton, Henry	29 min
Apr 3, 7:33 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Douglas	27 min
Apr 3, 7:39 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Spalding	36 min
Apr 3, 7:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer, Murray	45 min
Apr 3, 7:57 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Butts, Henry	33 min
Apr 3, 7:59 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fulton	31 min
Apr 3, 8:12 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Towns, Union	48 min
Apr 3, 8:15 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clarke, Madison, Oglethorpe	45 min
Apr 3, 8:18 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jasper	42 min
Apr 3, 8:20 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, DeKalb	40 min
Apr 3, 8:33 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cherokee	27 min
Apr 3, 8:35 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Meriwether, Troup	40 min
Apr 3, 8:43 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Morgan	32 min
Apr 3, 8:45 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Newton, Rockdale	45 min
Apr 3, 8:57 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Greene	33 min
Apr 3, 8:59 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Walton	31 min
Apr 3, 9:03 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Banks	27 min
Apr 3, 9:07 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta, Fayette	38 min
Apr 3, 9:10 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Meriwether, Upson	35 min
Apr 3, 9:17 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Troup	43 min
Apr 3, 9:20 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Henry	40 min
Apr 3, 9:22 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Greene, Morgan	53 min
Apr 3, 9:43 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crawford, Monroe, Upson	32 min
Apr 3, 9:55 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Taliaferro, Warren	50 min
Apr 3, 10:03 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Jones	27 min
Apr 3, 10:18 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crawford, Upson	27 min
Apr 3, 10:24 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Putnam	36 min
Apr 3, 10:32 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Twiggs	43 min
Apr 3, 10:37 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Hancock	53 min
Apr 3, 10:42 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Twiggs, Wilkinson	48 min
Apr 3, 10:51 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crawford, Taylor	39 min
Apr 3, 11:19 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Johnson, Laurens	26 min
Apr 3, 11:42 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Laurens	48 min
Apr 4, 12:18 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Treutlen	27 min
Apr 4, 12:34 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel	26 min
Apr 4, 12:34 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Laurens	26 min
Apr 4, 12:51 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Treutlen	39 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.