Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

May 7, 1999, 6:30 PM EDT (22:30 UTC)

Expired

May 7, 1999, 7:20 PM EDT

In force

50 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Towns County, GA, Union County, GA

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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TTAA00 KATL 072230 RRA
SVRATL
GAC281-291-072320-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
630 PM EDT FRI MAY 7 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TOWNS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA
  UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 720 PM EDT

* AT 628 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  14 MILES SOUTH OF OWLTOWN... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
   OWLTOWN                     AROUND 645 PM EDT
   BLAIRSVILLE                 AROUND 650 PM EDT
   YOUNG HARRIS                AROUND 705 PM EDT
   PRESLEY                     AROUND 710 PM EDT
   HIAWASSEE                   AROUND 710 PM 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.

In the hours before

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
091>098-103>113-071825-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
125 PM EDT FRI MAY 7 1999

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTH THIRD OF
GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

MOIST UNSTABLE AIR REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON.
A SERIES OF UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS GEORGIA FROM THE
SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. MEANWHILE...A WEAK COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST FROM NORTHWEST GEORGIA TO NEAR CENTRAL GEORGIA
TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL SERVE TO FURTHER ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO
DEVELOPING WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AND BE PREPARED FOR
POSSIBLE ACTIVATION.

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
091>098-103>113-071825-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
125 PM EDT FRI MAY 7 1999

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTH THIRD OF
GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

MOIST UNSTABLE AIR REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON.
A SERIES OF UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS GEORGIA FROM THE
SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. MEANWHILE...A WEAK COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST FROM NORTHWEST GEORGIA TO NEAR CENTRAL GEORGIA
TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL SERVE TO FURTHER ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO
DEVELOPING WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AND BE PREPARED FOR
POSSIBLE ACTIVATION.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.