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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 17, 1998Cherokee County, Pickens County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 17, 1998, 12:41 AM EDT for Cherokee County, Pickens County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report 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 17, 1998, 12:41 AM EDT (04:41 UTC)
Expired: Apr 17, 1998, 1:30 AM EDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Cherokee County, GA, Pickens County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 17, 1:10 AM EDT	Hail 0.75	Jasper, 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 16, 10:15 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 109 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: 1217 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 573 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 280 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 368 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.0
Supercell composite: 10.6

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The text

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

879 
WFUS1 KATL 170442 RRA
TORATL
GAC057-227-170530-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1241 AM EDT FRI APR 17 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA
  PICKENS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 130 AM EDT

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE...
    LUDVILLE                    AROUND 1245 AM EDT
    WALESKA                     AROUND 1245 AM EDT
    HINTON                      AROUND 1245 AM EDT
    CANTON                      AROUND 1250 AM EDT
    KEITHSBURG                  AROUND 1250 AM EDT
    BUFFINGTON                  AROUND 1255 AM EDT
    JASPER                      AROUND 1255 AM EDT
    BALL GROUND                 AROUND 1255 AM EDT
    TATE                        AROUND 1255 AM EDT
    MARBLEHILL                  AROUND 100 AM EDT

* AT 1240 AM EDT...  17 MILES WEST OF WALESKA... A TORNADO WAS
  INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR... MOVING EAST 55 MPH.

MSS/PAH

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 16, 10:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dade	33 min
Apr 16, 11:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Walker	32 min
Apr 16, 11:20 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Walker	35 min
Apr 16, 11:33 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Chattooga, Floyd	32 min
Apr 16, 11:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Floyd	18 min
Apr 17, 12:13 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Bartow	47 min
Apr 17, 12:53 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fannin, Union	32 min
Apr 17, 1:04 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Dawson, Lumpkin	51 min
Apr 17, 1:24 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gordon, Pickens	46 min
Apr 17, 1:32 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Hall	33 min
Apr 17, 1:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dawson, Lumpkin	31 min
Apr 17, 2:07 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Hall, White	48 min
Apr 17, 3:02 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Cherokee, Pickens	33 min
Apr 17, 3:22 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Lumpkin, White	4 hr
Apr 17, 3:22 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Dawson	4 hr
Apr 17, 5:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cherokee, Forsyth	34 min
Apr 17, 7:25 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Marion, Schley	35 min
Apr 17, 7:49 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Macon	36 min
Apr 17, 7:59 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Schley	21 min
Apr 17, 8:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Houston, Peach	35 min
Apr 17, 8:34 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Twiggs	36 min
Apr 17, 8:47 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Wilkinson	33 min
Apr 17, 4:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Marion	32 min
Apr 17, 5:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Jones	34 min
Apr 17, 5:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Macon, Marion, Schley	48 min
Apr 17, 6:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Houston, Macon	34 min
Apr 17, 6:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Crawford	33 min
Apr 17, 6:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Schley	36 min
Apr 17, 6:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Twiggs	45 min
Apr 17, 7:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Wilkinson	35 min
Apr 17, 7:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Washington	49 min
Apr 17, 7:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Wilkinson	18 min

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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.