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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 3, 1998Emanuel County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 1998, 3:25 PM EST for Emanuel County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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, 3:25 PM EST (20:25 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 1998, 4:00 PM EST
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Emanuel County, GA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 3, 11:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 218 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 1998-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 1998-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1412 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

758 
WFUS1 KATL 032027 RRA
TORATL
GAC107-032100-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
325 PM EST FRI APR 3 1998
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...EMANUEL COUNTY
 
AT 325 PM EST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER WADLEY IN SOUTHERN
JEFFERSON COUNTY. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN
HOUR.
 
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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 9:28 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkinson17 min
Apr 3, 9:36 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington39 min
Apr 3, 9:45 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson, Laurens30 min
Apr 3, 10:13 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson, Washington, Wilkinson32 min
Apr 3, 10:27 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan, Oconee33 min
Apr 3, 10:38 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCJohnson22 min
Apr 3, 10:55 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel20 min
Apr 3, 1:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock, Putnam52 min
Apr 3, 1:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Warren49 min
Apr 3, 2:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Washington54 min
Apr 3, 2:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson44 min
Apr 3, 2:54 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCWashington36 min
Apr 3, 3:09 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCJefferson36 min
Apr 3, 3:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Paulding37 min
Apr 3, 3:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas, Fulton26 min
Apr 3, 4:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton29 min
Apr 3, 4:20 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCWebster25 min
Apr 3, 4:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Walker38 min
Apr 3, 4:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston, Peach47 min
Apr 3, 4:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs47 min
Apr 3, 4:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson, Laurens43 min
Apr 3, 4:46 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCCatoosa, Walker29 min
Apr 3, 4:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSchley, Sumter26 min
Apr 3, 4:59 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCBleckley, Laurens, Twiggs31 min
Apr 3, 5:09 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCEmanuel, Johnson36 min
Apr 3, 5:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry, Newton50 min
Apr 3, 5:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Oconee51 min
Apr 3, 5:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalton51 min
Apr 3, 5:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel33 min
Apr 3, 5:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Morgan31 min
Apr 3, 6:05 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCMorgan25 min
Apr 3, 6:05 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCGordon25 min
Apr 3, 6:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas47 min
Apr 3, 6:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel29 min
Apr 3, 6:27 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCEmanuel18 min
Apr 3, 6:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Fulton39 min
Apr 3, 6:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth26 min
Apr 3, 6:56 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCCoweta, Heard49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.