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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 125, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 6, 1999Warren County, Wilkes County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 1999, 1:37 PM EDT for Warren County, Wilkes County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 min. 2 reports 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: May 6, 1999, 1:37 PM EDT (17:37 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 1999, 2:05 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Warren County, GA, Wilkes County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 6, 1:45 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50 EG	Norwood, GA	Warren county 911 reported numerous trees knocked down by thunderstorm winds.
May 6, 1:45 PM EDT	Hail 1	Washington, GA	Wilkes county 911 reported quarter size hail.

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 6, 12:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 168 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

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 6, 9:50 AM EDT, 3 hours 47 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, 3 hours 47 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, 11:29 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Talbot	31 min
May 6, 1:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Taliaferro	31 min
May 6, 2:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp	36 min

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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.