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Tornado Warning 92, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 4, 1998Bartow County, Cherokee County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 1998, 2:26 PM EDT for Bartow County, Cherokee County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report 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
Jun 4, 1998, 2:26 PM EDT (18:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1998, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bartow County, GA, Cherokee County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 4, 2:55 PM EDTThunderstorm WindCartersville, GABartow county 911 reported several trees were blown down.

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
Jun 4, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 1998-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2419 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 1998-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2419 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
685 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
4.0

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The text

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

649 
WFUS1 KATL 041827 RRA
TORATL
GAC015-057-041900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
226 PM EDT THU JUN 4 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BARTOW COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA
  WESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT

* AT 226 PM EDT... A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR  7
  MILES NORTHWEST OF CHEROKEE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE...
    CHEROKEE                    AROUND 235 PM EDT
    LEBANON                     AROUND 240 PM EDT
    HOLLY SPRINGS               AROUND 240 PM EDT
    CANTON                      AROUND 245 PM EDT
    KEITHSBURG                  AROUND 245 PM EDT

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT WAS IN
EFFECT FOR BARTOW COUNTY.

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.

17/50

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 1:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMadison37 min
Jun 4, 1:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMadison26 min
Jun 4, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow35 min
Jun 4, 2:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMurray, Whitfield32 min
Jun 4, 2:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkes32 min
Jun 4, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd50 min
Jun 4, 3:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow36 min
Jun 4, 4:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPolk47 min
Jun 4, 4:23 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCPolk37 min
Jun 4, 4:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee50 min
Jun 4, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton50 min
Jun 4, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Union36 min
Jun 4, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPaulding35 min
Jun 4, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth, Gwinnett47 min
Jun 4, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Paulding34 min
Jun 4, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTowns, White35 min
Jun 4, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton32 min
Jun 4, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett31 min
Jun 4, 6:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Polk48 min
Jun 4, 6:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke35 min
Jun 4, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Oconee51 min
Jun 4, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Paulding49 min
Jun 4, 6:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Fulton36 min
Jun 4, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Haralson34 min
Jun 4, 7:11 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCarroll19 min
Jun 4, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas35 min
Jun 4, 7:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton36 min
Jun 4, 7:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett33 min
Jun 4, 7:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFayette31 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.