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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 18, 1998Floyd County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 18, 1998, 7:23 PM EDT for Floyd County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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 18, 1998, 7:23 PM EDT (23:23 UTC)
Expired: Apr 18, 1998, 7:55 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

County Floyd County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 119 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1108 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 209 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

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The text

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

746 
WFUS1 KATL 182324 RRA
TORATL
GAC115-182355-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
723 PM EDT SAT APR 18 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 755 PM EDT


* AT 721 PM EDT...  10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COOSA... A TORNADO WAS
  INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR... MOVING NORTH 35 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.


GLB/JRN

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 17, 11:40 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Laurens	35 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

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.