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Tornado Warning 51, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 17, 1998Laurens County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 17, 1998, 11:40 PM EDT for Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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, 11:40 PM EDT (03:40 UTC)
Expired: Apr 18, 1998, 12:15 AM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

County Laurens County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 17, 11:59 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Dublin, GA	Trees were blown down causing power outages.

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 17, 7:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 178 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: 7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1346 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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The text

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

029 
WFUS1 KATL 180342 RRA
TORATL
GAC175-180415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1140 PM EDT FRI APR 17 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LAURENS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE...
    DUBLIN                      AROUND 1145 PM EDT
    MINTER                      AROUND 1150 PM EDT
    BREWTON                     AROUND 1155 PM EDT
    LOVETT                      AROUND 1155 PM EDT

* AT 1138 PM EDT...  6 MILES WEST OF DUBLIN... A TORNADO WAS
  INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR... MOVING NORTHEAST 50 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.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 17, 8:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jefferson	33 min
Apr 17, 8:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Marion, Webster	32 min
Apr 17, 9:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Marion, Webster	49 min
Apr 17, 9:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Schley	33 min
Apr 17, 9:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Sumter	34 min
Apr 17, 10:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dooly	48 min
Apr 17, 10:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Houston, Pulaski	34 min
Apr 17, 11:06 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Bleckley	34 min
Apr 17, 11:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Laurens	32 min
Apr 18, 12:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Dodge, Pulaski	35 min
Apr 18, 12:04 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Johnson	21 min
Apr 18, 12:23 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jefferson	17 min
Apr 18, 12:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel	20 min
Apr 18, 7:23 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Floyd	32 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.