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Tornado Warning 87, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 7, 1998Gwinnett County, Hall County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at May 7, 1998, 8:22 PM EDT for Gwinnett County, Hall County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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, 8:22 PM EDT (00:22 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 1998, 8:55 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 7, 8:40 PM EDTHail 2.75Flowery Branch, GASeveral public reports indicated hail ranging from baseball size near the Gwinnett county line at Shoal Creek down to dime size in Gainesville.
May 7, 8:45 PM EDTHail 1.75Buford, GAA public report indicated hail ranging dime to golf ball size.

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 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 1998-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2212 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 1998-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 96 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2212 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
923 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.9
Supercell composite
9.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 080022 RRA
TORATL
GAC135-139-080055-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN GWINNETT COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA
  SOUTHERN HALL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 855 PM EDT

* AT 821 PM EDT... A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR  8
  MILES WEST OF LAKE LANIER ISLANDS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE...
    LAKE LANIER ISLANDS         AROUND 830 PM EDT
    SUGAR HILL                  AROUND 835 PM EDT
    BUFORD                      AROUND 835 PM EDT
    REST HAVEN                  AROUND 835 PM EDT
    FLOWERY BRANCH              AROUND 840 PM EDT



IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN THE STRONGEST NEARBY BUILDING.
AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT OR DITCH. LIE FLAT IN
THE DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR ARMS AND HANDS. 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.

KDF/MSS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 8:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow34 min
May 7, 8:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkes48 min
May 7, 8:31 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCWilkes34 min
May 7, 8:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee47 min
May 7, 8:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Fulton48 min
May 7, 8:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Jackson36 min
May 7, 9:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett37 min
May 7, 9:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Oconee51 min
May 7, 9:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMadison49 min
May 7, 9:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga47 min
May 7, 9:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett32 min
May 7, 10:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOglethorpe47 min
May 7, 10:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Gordon35 min
May 7, 10:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalton48 min
May 7, 10:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow51 min
May 7, 10:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga34 min
May 7, 11:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Hall32 min
May 7, 11:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTowns, Union34 min
May 7, 11:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee48 min
May 7, 11:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMurray, Whitfield34 min
May 7, 11:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton48 min
May 7, 11:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Heard49 min
May 7, 11:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett48 min
May 8, 12:08 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCCarroll32 min
May 8, 12:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Walton33 min
May 8, 12:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Paulding48 min
May 8, 12:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton33 min
May 8, 12:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Cobb, Fulton35 min
May 8, 12:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Oconee, Walton48 min
May 8, 12:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFayette51 min
May 8, 1:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan47 min
May 8, 1:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll34 min
May 8, 1:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Oglethorpe51 min
May 8, 1:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fulton34 min
May 8, 1:35 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry, Spalding50 min
May 8, 1:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFayette36 min
May 8, 1:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Heard33 min
May 8, 1:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaliaferro, Wilkes49 min
May 8, 1:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts52 min
May 8, 2:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta33 min
May 8, 2:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper51 min
May 8, 2:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Pike, Spalding37 min
May 8, 2:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar, Monroe51 min
May 8, 2:51 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones49 min
May 8, 3:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin51 min
May 8, 3:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb33 min
May 8, 3:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock, Washington33 min
May 8, 3:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs, Wilkinson49 min
May 8, 4:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson47 min
May 8, 4:18 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Monroe32 min
May 8, 4:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington33 min
May 8, 4:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb35 min
May 8, 4:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs34 min
May 8, 5:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Troup36 min
May 8, 5:18 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Talbot32 min
May 8, 5:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaylor, Upson35 min
May 8, 5:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Talbot31 min
May 8, 6:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford50 min
May 8, 6:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston, Peach34 min
May 8, 6:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaylor33 min
May 8, 6:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Twiggs36 min
May 8, 6:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston, Peach36 min
May 8, 6:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Laurens46 min
May 8, 7:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPulaski18 min
May 8, 7:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley35 min
May 8, 7:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaylor34 min
May 8, 7:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Treutlen35 min
May 8, 7:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon31 min
May 8, 8:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Toombs50 min
May 8, 8:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston34 min
May 8, 8:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPulaski34 min
May 8, 8:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge34 min
May 8, 1:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair18 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.