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Tornado Warning 96, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 4, 1998Butts County, Jasper County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 1998, 8:45 PM EDT for Butts County, Jasper 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
Jun 4, 1998, 8:45 PM EDT (00:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1998, 9:20 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Butts County, GA, Jasper County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 63 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 1998-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1476 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 1998-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 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
1476 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1507 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

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

972 
WFUS1 KATL 050046 RRA
TORATL
GAC035-159-050120-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BUTTS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA
  JASPER COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 920 PM EDT

* AT 844 PM EDT... A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR  8
  MILES NORTHWEST OF ADGATEVILLE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE...
    ADGATEVILLE                 AROUND 850 PM EDT
    HILLSBORO                   AROUND 855 PM EDT

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO
BUILDING IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND LIE
FLAT WITH YOUR ARMS AND HANDS COVERING YOUR HEAD. 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
Jun 4, 8:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Henry34 min
Jun 4, 8:08 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCClayton, Henry22 min
Jun 4, 8:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Newton34 min
Jun 4, 8:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper34 min
Jun 4, 9:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Putnam49 min
Jun 4, 9:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens36 min
Jun 4, 9:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Heard35 min
Jun 4, 9:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Johnson, Treutlen33 min
Jun 4, 9:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta35 min
Jun 4, 9:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock35 min
Jun 4, 9:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington32 min
Jun 4, 10:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Toombs20 min
Jun 5, 7:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Polk49 min
Jun 5, 8:20 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Haralson, Paulding40 min
Jun 5, 8:35 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas, Fulton35 min
Jun 5, 8:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette32 min
Jun 5, 9:03 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Pike, Spalding32 min
Jun 5, 3:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair36 min
Jun 5, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Troup49 min
Jun 5, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Webster49 min
Jun 5, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Talbot49 min
Jun 5, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Troup34 min
Jun 5, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Polk47 min
Jun 5, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon, Schley, Taylor65 min
Jun 5, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Upson65 min
Jun 5, 6:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp34 min
Jun 5, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilcox50 min
Jun 5, 6:55 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCTalbot35 min
Jun 5, 7:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Houston, Peach61 min
Jun 5, 7:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar, Monroe61 min
Jun 5, 7:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPike61 min
Jun 5, 7:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly32 min
Jun 5, 7:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPulaski, Wilcox48 min
Jun 5, 7:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Twiggs48 min
Jun 5, 7:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMurray, Whitfield51 min
Jun 5, 7:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens, Wilkinson66 min
Jun 5, 7:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Telfair66 min
Jun 5, 7:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin47 min
Jun 5, 7:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCUnion47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.