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Tornado Warning 67, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 3, 1998Jefferson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at May 3, 1998, 9:19 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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
May 3, 1998, 9:19 PM EDT (01:19 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 1998, 9:55 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Jefferson County, GA

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 3, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 197 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 1998-05-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 879 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 1998-05-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 139 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
879 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
901 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.6

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The text

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

687 
WFUS1 KATL 040121 RRA
TORATL
GAC163-040155-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
919 PM EDT SUN MAY 3 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 955 PM EDT

* AT 918 PM EDT... A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR  6
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE MOVING EAST AT 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.

17/16

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 8:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPutnam37 min
May 3, 8:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth, Gwinnett33 min
May 3, 8:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb33 min
May 3, 8:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks35 min
May 3, 8:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll51 min
May 3, 8:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall34 min
May 3, 8:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett33 min
May 3, 9:04 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCGwinnett21 min
May 3, 9:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas, Fulton49 min
May 3, 9:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Walton49 min
May 3, 9:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Fayette35 min
May 3, 9:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOconee51 min
May 3, 9:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Toombs35 min
May 3, 9:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWheeler35 min
May 3, 9:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry, Newton, Rockdale47 min
May 3, 9:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke49 min
May 3, 10:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan37 min
May 3, 10:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOglethorpe48 min
May 3, 11:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkes35 min
May 4, 12:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWebster33 min
May 4, 12:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter51 min
May 4, 1:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp33 min
May 4, 1:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly34 min
May 4, 1:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilcox35 min
May 4, 1:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston, Pulaski33 min
May 4, 1:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Telfair37 min
May 4, 2:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWebster35 min
May 4, 2:18 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTreutlen, Wheeler32 min
May 4, 2:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery34 min
May 4, 2:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens34 min
May 4, 2:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter50 min
May 4, 2:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Toombs32 min
May 4, 2:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Dooly31 min
May 4, 3:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter33 min
May 4, 3:17 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Telfair33 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.