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Tornado Warning 77, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 7, 1998Barrow County, Gwinnett County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at May 7, 1998, 6:51 PM EDT for Barrow County, Gwinnett County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 min. 2 reports 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
May 7, 1998, 6:51 PM EDT (22:51 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 1998, 7:25 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Barrow County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 7, 7:06 PM EDTHail 1Winder, GA
May 7, 7:10 PM EDTThunderstorm WindWinder, GASevere thunderstorm winds damaged a number of houses and mobile homes. One trailer was moved 5 inches off its foundation. Numerous trees were downed, some falling onto houses. At least 6 chicken houses were severely damaged and over 60,000 chickens were killed

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 7, 2:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 12:00Z on 1998-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 650 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 12:00Z on 1998-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 193 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
650 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-129 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
521 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
193 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-3.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 072251 RRA
TORATL
GAC013-135-072325-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
651 PM EDT THU MAY 7 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BARROW COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA
  GWINNETT COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 725 PM EDT

* AT 650 PM EDT... A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR  6
  MILES NORTHWEST OF AUBURN MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE...
    AUBURN                      AROUND 655 PM EDT
    CARL                        AROUND 700 PM EDT
    WINDER                      AROUND 705 PM EDT
    FORT YARGO SP               AROUND 705 PM EDT
    STATHAM                     AROUND 720 PM EDT



THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. IF
YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND
IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES AND GO TO A
REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. IF YOU
EXPERIENCE STORM DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES OR TREES...OR HAIL THE SIZE OF
DIMES OR LARGER...PLEASE REPORT IT B(Y CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 770-486-8535.

KDF/TSM/MSS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 8:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Forsyth36 min
May 7, 9:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPolk35 min
May 7, 9:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLumpkin32 min
May 7, 9:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll35 min
May 7, 9:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas34 min
May 7, 9:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton36 min
May 7, 9:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Floyd, Gordon36 min
May 7, 10:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Pickens36 min
May 7, 10:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Rockdale50 min
May 7, 10:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Dawson, Forsyth34 min
May 7, 11:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Jackson31 min
May 7, 11:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMadison, Oglethorpe34 min
May 7, 11:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Morgan33 min
May 7, 11:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOglethorpe36 min
May 7, 12:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkes18 min
May 7, 12:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson35 min
May 7, 3:23 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCFannin32 min
May 7, 3:34 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCUnion36 min
May 7, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTowns32 min
May 7, 4:02 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCTowns33 min
May 7, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall49 min
May 7, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks50 min
May 7, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow32 min
May 7, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Gilmer, Lumpkin34 min
May 7, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Walker49 min
May 7, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee35 min
May 7, 6:05 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCDade20 min
May 7, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOglethorpe47 min
May 7, 6:09 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCherokee, Forsyth36 min
May 7, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLumpkin35 min
May 7, 6:16 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCLumpkin34 min
May 7, 6:19 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCWalker36 min
May 7, 6:22 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCHall33 min
May 7, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkes49 min
May 7, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Whitfield33 min
May 7, 6:41 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCBanks, Jackson34 min
May 7, 6:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTowns36 min
May 7, 6:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow36 min
May 7, 6:58 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCGordon32 min
May 7, 7:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Madison, Oconee51 min
May 7, 7:12 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCMurray33 min
May 7, 7:14 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCChattooga36 min
May 7, 7:22 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCPickens33 min
May 7, 7:25 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCClarke, Oconee35 min
May 7, 7:36 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCFloyd34 min
May 7, 7:43 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCherokee32 min
May 7, 7:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOglethorpe51 min
May 7, 7:51 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCDawson, Forsyth34 min
May 7, 7:59 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCOglethorpe36 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.