Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 210, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 1999, 3:11 PM EDT for Emanuel County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report 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 22, 1999, 3:11 PM EDT (19:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 1999, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Emanuel County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 3:15 PM EDT | Hail 1.25 | Norristown, GA | There were a few reports of hail, ranging from dime to half dollar size. |
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 nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 218 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 538 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 576 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
999 WUUS1 KATL 221911 RRA SVRATL GAC107-222000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 311 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EMANUEL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 400 PM EDT * AT 309 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR 9 MILES WEST OF SWAINSBORO... MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... SWAINSBORO AROUND 335 PM EDT... BLUNDALE AROUND 340 PM EDT... MODOC AROUND 345 PM EDT... DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. 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 22, 1:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 136 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 1999 GAZ001>005-011-012-019-221857- CATOOSA-CHATTOOGA-DADE-FLOYD-GORDON-MURRAY-WALKER-WHITFIELD- 136 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 1999 A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER WILKES AND CHATTOOGA COUNTIES WILL MOVE EAST TO EXTEND ALONG OVER MURRAY...GORDON AND FLOYD COUNTIES BY 230 PM. THESE STORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN OF AN INCH AN HOUR OR MORE. GAZ027-036>039-049>051-059>061-072-073-221857- BALDWIN-CLARKE-GREENE-HANCOCK-JASPER-JONES-MADISON-MORGAN-OCONEE- OGLETHORPE-PUTNAM-TALIAFERRO-WILKES- 136 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 1999 AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM MADISON TO MORGAN TO JONES WILL MOVE EAST TO EXTEND FROM WILKES TO WASHINGTON COUNTIES BY 230 PM. THESE STORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN OF AN INCH AN HOUR OR MORE.
Special weather statement, May 22, 1:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 136 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 1999 GAZ001>005-011-012-019-221857- CATOOSA-CHATTOOGA-DADE-FLOYD-GORDON-MURRAY-WALKER-WHITFIELD- 136 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 1999 A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER WILKES AND CHATTOOGA COUNTIES WILL MOVE EAST TO EXTEND ALONG OVER MURRAY...GORDON AND FLOYD COUNTIES BY 230 PM. THESE STORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN OF AN INCH AN HOUR OR MORE. GAZ027-036>039-049>051-059>061-072-073-221857- BALDWIN-CLARKE-GREENE-HANCOCK-JASPER-JONES-MADISON-MORGAN-OCONEE- OGLETHORPE-PUTNAM-TALIAFERRO-WILKES- 136 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 1999 AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM MADISON TO MORGAN TO JONES WILL MOVE EAST TO EXTEND FROM WILKES TO WASHINGTON COUNTIES BY 230 PM. THESE STORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN OF AN INCH AN HOUR OR MORE.
Special weather statement, May 22, 2:30 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 230 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 1999 GAZ004>007-011>013-019>021-221945- BARTOW-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE-FANNIN-FLOYD-GILMER-GORDON-MURRAY-PICKENS- WHITFIELD- 230 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 1999 A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM WHITFIELD TO FLOYD COUNTIES WILL MOVE EAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH TO EXTEND FROM FANNIN TO CHEROKEE COUNTIES BY 330 PM. THE STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LIGHTNING... HAIL...WIND TO 40 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN OF AN INCH OR MORE AN HOUR. THE RAIN MAY RESULT IN PONDING ON ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS. GAZ027-038-039-050-051-061-062-075-221945- GLASCOCK-GREENE-HANCOCK-MADISON-OGLETHORPE-TALIAFERRO-WARREN-WILKES- 230 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 1999 AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM MADISON TO HANCOCK COUNTIES WILL MOVE EAST TO EXTEND FROM WILKES TO GLASCOCK COUNTIES BY 330 PM. THE STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LIGHTNING... HAIL...WIND TO 40 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN OF AN INCH OR MORE AN HOUR. THE RAIN MAY RESULT IN PONDING ON ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS. GAZ085-086-097-098-111>113-221945- EMANUEL-JOHNSON-LAURENS-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-TREUTLEN-WHEELER- 230 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 1999 AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JEFFERSON TO LAURENS COUNTIES WILL MOVE EAST TO EXTEND FROM EMANUEL TO TOOMBS COUNTIES BY 330 PM. THE STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LIGHTNING... HAIL...WIND TO 40 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN OF AN INCH OR MORE AN HOUR. THE RAIN MAY RESULT IN PONDING ON ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS.
Local storm report, May 22, 2:38 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
238 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 1999
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
135 PM ROCKY FACE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/22/99 WHITFIELD
230 PM CHATSWORTH GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/22/99 MURRAY
233 PM CHATSWORTH GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/22/99 MURRAYLocal storm report, May 22, 2:38 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
238 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 1999
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
135 PM ROCKY FACE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/22/99 WHITFIELD
230 PM CHATSWORTH GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/22/99 MURRAY
233 PM CHATSWORTH GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/22/99 MURRAYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 1:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walker, Whitfield | 49 min |
| May 22, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gordon, Murray | 30 min |
| May 22, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Wheeler | 35 min |
| May 22, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Pickens | 49 min |
| May 22, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Hall | 33 min |
| May 22, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett, Walton | 49 min |
| May 22, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette | 37 min |
| May 22, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale | 35 min |
| May 22, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 33 min |
| May 22, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry | 36 min |
| May 22, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro | 33 min |
| May 22, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro | 35 min |
| May 22, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 32 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.