Talk:1998 Dunwoody tornado

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--JeffGBot (talk) 21:34, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Date and Time

According to the infobox, the tornado formed at 0320 UTC. Dunwoody is in the Eastern time zone, and this website has Daylight Savings was in effect as of April 5. As a result, Atlanta would be 4 hours behind UTC and the time the tornado formed would be 11:20 PM local time on April 8, not 9. The Tornado History Project also has this tornado as April 8 (and touching down at 10:35 PM, possibly because the Storm Prediction Center is in Norman, OK, in the Central time zone), although the path on the map is apparently incorrect.

So when was the tornado? Paris1127 (talk) 17:16, 26 December 2015 (UTC)

According to NCDC Storm Events (here) the tornado touched down at 23:20 EST, which would equate to having to add 5 hours to balance the EST offset of UTC (-5:00). Just after midnight on EDT would support 0420, which is also supported by adding 5 hours to EST. So, it appears that it was actually 0420 UTC. United States Man (talk) 23:07, 26 December 2015 (UTC)

I'm asking about the date. April 8 or 9? Paris1127 (talk) 00:46, 27 December 2015 (UTC)

@Paris1127: It actually appears to be two separate tornadoes; the actual Dunwoody tornado didn't touch down until 2335 EST in DeKalb County, quickly crossing into Gwinnett County, where it lifted at approximately midnight. So, the date was April 8. United States Man (talk) 16:25, 27 December 2015 (UTC)

On a side note, I am actually going to combine this tornado with April 6–9, 1998 tornado outbreak because this tornado isn't notable enough for a standalone article. United States Man (talk) 16:25, 27 December 2015 (UTC)

@United States Man: Merging appears to be the best option. THP has the storm as a single tornado, but this is an F2 that only killed one person. It may have been one of the strongest twisters to hit Atlanta, but I'm not sure it's particularly notable outside of Atlanta. It can have its own section, like the F5 that hit Birmingham or the F4 that hit Nashville. Nashville tornadoes don't appear to be merged... Should they be? Paris1127 (talk) 16:47, 27 December 2015 (UTC)

If you are referring to the tornado that hit downtown Nashville, it was an F3 and actually hit the next week. It is included in the April 15–16, 1998 tornado outbreak. United States Man (talk) 16:55, 27 December 2015 (UTC)

So it is... My mistake. Paris1127 (talk) 17:06, 27 December 2015 (UTC)