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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 271, NWS Birmingham, AL

May 13, 1999Quitman County, Georgia

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1999, 7:21 PM EDT for Quitman County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 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
May 13, 1999, 7:21 PM EDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 1999, 8:10 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Quitman County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 177 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 1999-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 101 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 1999-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
101 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-196 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
974 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 13, 1:28 PM EDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
1228 PM CDT THU MAY 13 1999

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1145 AM    FISHER XRDS               AL   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/13/99   DEKALB                         GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL FELL
                                          NEAR FISHER.  REPORTED BY
                                          EMA

1211 PM    PRICEVILLE                AL   2.5 INCH HAIL
05/13/99   MORGAN                         2.5 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
                                          FELL NEAR PRICEVILLE.
                                          REPORTED BY HUNTSVILLE
                                          TELEVISION STATION

1219 PM    BALLPLAY                  AL   .88 INCH HAIL
05/13/99   ETOWAH                         NICKEL SIZE HAIL FELL IN
                                          BALLPLAY.  REPORTED BY EMA

1219 PM                              AL   WIND DAMAGE
05/13/99   MORGAN                         ONE LARGE TREE BLOWN OVER
                                          IN NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY
                                          NEAR MORGAN CITY. REPORTED
                                          BY SHERIFF

1222 PM                              AL   1 INCH HAIL
05/13/99   ETOWAH                         QUARTER SIZE HAIL FELL
                                          ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF
                                          THE COUNTY.  REPORTED BY
                                          EMA
Local storm report, May 13, 1:28 PM EDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
1228 PM CDT THU MAY 13 1999

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1145 AM    FISHER XRDS               AL   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/13/99   DEKALB                         GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL FELL
                                          NEAR FISHER.  REPORTED BY
                                          EMA

1211 PM    PRICEVILLE                AL   2.5 INCH HAIL
05/13/99   MORGAN                         2.5 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
                                          FELL NEAR PRICEVILLE.
                                          REPORTED BY HUNTSVILLE
                                          TELEVISION STATION

1219 PM    BALLPLAY                  AL   .88 INCH HAIL
05/13/99   ETOWAH                         NICKEL SIZE HAIL FELL IN
                                          BALLPLAY.  REPORTED BY EMA

1219 PM                              AL   WIND DAMAGE
05/13/99   MORGAN                         ONE LARGE TREE BLOWN OVER
                                          IN NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY
                                          NEAR MORGAN CITY. REPORTED
                                          BY SHERIFF

1222 PM                              AL   1 INCH HAIL
05/13/99   ETOWAH                         QUARTER SIZE HAIL FELL
                                          ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF
                                          THE COUNTY.  REPORTED BY
                                          EMA
Special weather statement, May 13, 4:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 3:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone, Madison46 min
May 13, 12:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDeKalb35 min
May 13, 12:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee35 min
May 13, 12:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson51 min
May 13, 12:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMorgan49 min
May 13, 12:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison, Marshall62 min
May 13, 12:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone34 min
May 13, 12:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDeKalb66 min
May 13, 1:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee63 min
May 13, 1:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXEtowah36 min
May 13, 1:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCoosa48 min
May 13, 1:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga50 min
May 13, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCoosa40 min
May 13, 2:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTallapoosa64 min
May 13, 2:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee32 min
May 13, 2:35 PM EDTTornado WarningBMXCoosa35 min
May 13, 2:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay48 min
May 13, 2:38 PM EDTTornado WarningBMXElmore, Tallapoosa32 min
May 13, 2:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison35 min
May 13, 2:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson47 min
May 13, 2:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga33 min
May 13, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore35 min
May 13, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDeKalb34 min
May 13, 3:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRandolph32 min
May 13, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson35 min
May 13, 3:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMontgomery49 min
May 13, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTallapoosa34 min
May 13, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton21 min
May 13, 3:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore32 min
May 13, 3:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCoosa48 min
May 13, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMacon46 min
May 13, 3:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee46 min
May 13, 3:54 PM EDTTornado WarningBMXTallapoosa36 min
May 13, 4:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMontgomery35 min
May 13, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock64 min
May 13, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRandolph50 min
May 13, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga36 min
May 13, 4:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee48 min
May 13, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMacon32 min
May 13, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRussell33 min
May 13, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour47 min
May 13, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee47 min
May 13, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock51 min
May 13, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour47 min
May 13, 7:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRussell51 min
May 13, 7:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour51 min
May 13, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMuscogee62 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.