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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 17, 1998, 1:04 AM EDT for Dawson County, Lumpkin County, Georgia. It was in force for 51 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, 1:04 AM EDT (05:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 17, 1998, 1:55 AM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dawson County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 1:50 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Juno, GA | Thunderstorm winds knocked down numerous trees. |
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, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 132 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
965
WFUS1 KATL 170506 RRA
TORATL
GAC085-187-170555-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
104 AM EDT FRI APR 17 1998
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
DAWSON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA
LUMPKIN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA
* UNTIL 155 AM EDT
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE...
AMICALOLA AROUND 115 AM EDT
JUNO AROUND 115 AM EDT
DAWSONVILLE AROUND 115 AM EDT
NIMBLEWILL AROUND 120 AM EDT
AURARIA AROUND 125 AM EDT
DAHLONEGA AROUND 125 AM EDT
GARLAND AROUND 130 AM EDT
PORTER SPRINGS AROUND 135 AM EDT
* AT 100 AM EDT... 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AMICALOLA... A TORNADO
WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR... MOVING NORTHEAST 55 MPH.
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.
MSS/PAHThe 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, 12:41 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Pickens | 49 min |
| Apr 17, 12:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Union | 32 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.