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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 123, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 6, 1999Talbot County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 1999, 11:29 AM EDT for Talbot County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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 6, 1999, 11:29 AM EDT (15:29 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 1999, 12:00 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

County Talbot County, GA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 6, 6:45 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 75 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 736 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 690 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 166 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 189 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.8
Supercell composite: 3.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 061529 RRA
SVRATL
GAC263-061600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1129 AM EDT THU MAY 6 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TALBOT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL NOON EDT

* AT 1127 AM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WOODLAND... MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
   WOODLAND                    AROUND 1135 AM EDT
   PO BIDDY CROSSROADS         AROUND 1135 AM EDT
   PLEASANT HILL               AROUND 1140 AM EDT
   PRATTSBURG                  AROUND 1145 AM EDT

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT IN OR NEAR THE WARNED AREA.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR
NO ADVANCE WARNING. BE ALERT...BUT REMAIN CALM. IF YOU SEE DAMAGE
OR LARGE HAIL...CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 770-486-1133
AT EXTENSION 2 0 4.

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

Special weather statement, May 6, 6:05 AM EDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
091>098-103>113-061115-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
605 AM EDT THU MAY 6 1999

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA TODAY AND TONIGHT.

MOIST UNSTABLE AIR ALREADY OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL BE
MAINTAINED BY LOW LEVEL SOUTHERLY WINDS TODAY. MEANWHILE...SURFACE
HEATING TODAY...AND THE WINDS ALOFT...WILL PROMOTE UPWARD MOTION AND
RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME
SEVERE...WITH STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY THREAT.

SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO
DEVELOPING WEATHER TODAY IN CASE ACTIVATION BECOMES NECESSARY.

Local storm report, May 6, 9:50 AM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
950 AM EDT THU MAY 6 1999

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

735 AM     3 N DOUGLASVILLE          GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/99   PAULDING                       PUBLIC REPORTS DIME SIZE
                                          HAIL (NUMEROUS REPORTS)

755 AM     MARIETTA                  GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/99   COBB                           PUBLIC REPORTS DIME SIZE
                                          HAIL (NUMEROUS REPORTS)

807 AM     DOUGLASVILLE              GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/99   DOUGLAS                        PUBLIC REPORTS DIME SIZE
                                          HAIL (NUMEROUS REPORTS)

835 AM     VININGS                   GA   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/99   FULTON                         PUBLIC REPORTS GOLFBALL SIZE
                                          HAIL (NUMEROUS REPORTS)

845 AM     ATLANTA                   GA   2.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/99   FULTON                         PUBLIC REPORTS BASEBALL SIZE
                                          HAIL (NUMEROUS REPORTS)

845 AM     ATLANTA                   GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/99   FULTON                         PUBLIC REPORTS DIME SIZE
                                          HAIL (NUMEROUS REPORTS)

906 AM     LILBURN                   GA   2.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/99   GWINNETT                       PUBLIC REPORTS BASEBALL SIZE
                                          HAIL IN LILBURN (NUMEROUS REPORTS)

927 AM     AUBURN                    GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/99   BARROW                         PUBLIC REPORTS DIME SIZE
                                          HAIL

Local storm report, May 6, 9:50 AM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
950 AM EDT THU MAY 6 1999

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

735 AM     3 N DOUGLASVILLE          GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/99   PAULDING                       PUBLIC REPORTS DIME SIZE
                                          HAIL (NUMEROUS REPORTS)

755 AM     MARIETTA                  GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/99   COBB                           PUBLIC REPORTS DIME SIZE
                                          HAIL (NUMEROUS REPORTS)

807 AM     DOUGLASVILLE              GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/99   DOUGLAS                        PUBLIC REPORTS DIME SIZE
                                          HAIL (NUMEROUS REPORTS)

835 AM     VININGS                   GA   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/99   FULTON                         PUBLIC REPORTS GOLFBALL SIZE
                                          HAIL (NUMEROUS REPORTS)

845 AM     ATLANTA                   GA   2.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/99   FULTON                         PUBLIC REPORTS BASEBALL SIZE
                                          HAIL (NUMEROUS REPORTS)

845 AM     ATLANTA                   GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/99   FULTON                         PUBLIC REPORTS DIME SIZE
                                          HAIL (NUMEROUS REPORTS)

906 AM     LILBURN                   GA   2.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/99   GWINNETT                       PUBLIC REPORTS BASEBALL SIZE
                                          HAIL IN LILBURN (NUMEROUS REPORTS)

927 AM     AUBURN                    GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/99   BARROW                         PUBLIC REPORTS DIME SIZE
                                          HAIL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 5, 11:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta, Fayette	33 min
May 5, 11:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Hall	49 min
May 6, 12:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Gwinnett	36 min
May 6, 12:44 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dade	31 min
May 6, 1:15 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dade, Walker	50 min
May 6, 2:15 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Walker	35 min
May 6, 2:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Whitfield	35 min
May 6, 3:10 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Murray	35 min
May 6, 3:29 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer	46 min
May 6, 4:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fannin, Union	32 min
May 6, 4:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gilmer	32 min
May 6, 7:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Paulding	35 min
May 6, 7:06 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Haralson	34 min
May 6, 7:36 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Paulding	14 min
May 6, 7:38 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll	32 min
May 6, 7:44 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cobb	36 min
May 6, 7:49 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Douglas	36 min
May 6, 8:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fulton	45 min
May 6, 8:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cobb	28 min
May 6, 8:44 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	DeKalb	36 min
May 6, 8:55 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gwinnett	45 min
May 6, 9:04 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Gwinnett	31 min
May 6, 9:26 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Barrow	34 min
May 6, 9:29 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta	36 min
May 6, 9:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Heard, Troup	33 min
May 6, 11:06 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris	34 min
May 6, 1:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Taliaferro	31 min
May 6, 1:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Warren, Wilkes	28 min
May 6, 2:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp	36 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.