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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 220, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 22, 1999Emanuel County, Treutlen County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 1999, 10:29 PM EDT for Emanuel County, Treutlen County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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, 10:29 PM EDT (02:29 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 1999, 11:05 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Emanuel County, GA, Treutlen County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:28 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, 10:35 PM EDT	Hail 0.75	Adrian, GA	The fire department reported dime 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 nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 216 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: 828 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1634 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 230229 RRA
SVRATL
GAC107-283-230305-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1029 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN EMANUEL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  EXTREME NORTHERN TREUTLEN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1105 PM EDT

* AT 1028 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  5 MILES WEST OF COVENA... MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
   COVENA                      AROUND 1045 PM ...
   NUNEZ                       AROUND 1105 PM ...
   SWAINSBORO                  AROUND 1105 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

Local storm report, May 22, 5:20 PM EDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
520 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 1999

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

320 PM     NORRISTOWN                GA   1.25 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   EMANUEL

315 PM     5 W SWAINSBORO            GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   EMANUEL

410 PM     5 E PEACHTREE CITY        GA   0.88 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   FAYETTE

335 PM     SWAINSBORO                GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   EMANUEL

405 PM     SHARPSBURG                GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   COWETA

420 PM     LITHONIA                  GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   DEKALB

415 PM     FAYETTEVILLE              GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   FAYETTE

425 PM     LOVEJOY                   GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   CLAYTON

300 PM     JASPER                    GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   PICKENS

340 PM     DAWSONVILLE               GA   0.88 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   DAWSON

Local storm report, May 22, 5:20 PM EDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
520 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 1999

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

320 PM     NORRISTOWN                GA   1.25 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   EMANUEL

315 PM     5 W SWAINSBORO            GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   EMANUEL

410 PM     5 E PEACHTREE CITY        GA   0.88 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   FAYETTE

335 PM     SWAINSBORO                GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   EMANUEL

405 PM     SHARPSBURG                GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   COWETA

420 PM     LITHONIA                  GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   DEKALB

415 PM     FAYETTEVILLE              GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   FAYETTE

425 PM     LOVEJOY                   GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   CLAYTON

300 PM     JASPER                    GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   PICKENS

340 PM     DAWSONVILLE               GA   0.88 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   DAWSON

Local storm report, May 22, 8:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
803 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 1999

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

320 PM     NORRISTOWN                GA   1.25 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   EMANUEL

315 PM     5 W SWAINSBORO            GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   EMANUEL

410 PM     5 E PEACHTREE CITY        GA   0.88 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   FAYETTE

335 PM     SWAINSBORO                GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   EMANUEL

405 PM     SHARPSBURG                GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   COWETA

420 PM     LITHONIA                  GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   DEKALB

415 PM     FAYETTEVILLE              GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   FAYETTE

425 PM     LOVEJOY                   GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   CLAYTON

300 PM     JASPER                    GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   PICKENS

340 PM     DAWSONVILLE               GA   0.88 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   DAWSON

425 PM     2 N HAMPTON               GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   HENRY

445 PM     CONYERS                   GA   0.88 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   ROCKDALE

449 PM     INMAN                     GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   FAYETTE

Local storm report, May 22, 8:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
803 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 1999

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

320 PM     NORRISTOWN                GA   1.25 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   EMANUEL

315 PM     5 W SWAINSBORO            GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   EMANUEL

410 PM     5 E PEACHTREE CITY        GA   0.88 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   FAYETTE

335 PM     SWAINSBORO                GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   EMANUEL

405 PM     SHARPSBURG                GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   COWETA

420 PM     LITHONIA                  GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   DEKALB

415 PM     FAYETTEVILLE              GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   FAYETTE

425 PM     LOVEJOY                   GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   CLAYTON

300 PM     JASPER                    GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   PICKENS

340 PM     DAWSONVILLE               GA   0.88 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   DAWSON

425 PM     2 N HAMPTON               GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   HENRY

445 PM     CONYERS                   GA   0.88 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   ROCKDALE

449 PM     INMAN                     GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/22/99   FAYETTE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 1:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Henry, Rockdale	32 min
May 23, 2:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Henry	35 min
May 23, 2:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta, Fayette	33 min
May 23, 2:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Newton	35 min
May 23, 2:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Wilkes	33 min
May 23, 3:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Greene	35 min
May 23, 5:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta, Fulton	34 min
May 23, 5:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cobb, Paulding	50 min
May 23, 5:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fulton	33 min
May 23, 6:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	DeKalb	34 min
May 23, 6:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Pike, Spalding	36 min
May 23, 6:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Henry, Rockdale	34 min
May 23, 6:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Barrow, Clarke, Oconee	34 min
May 23, 6:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Jasper, Newton	34 min
May 23, 7:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens	46 min
May 23, 7:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dawson	46 min
May 23, 7:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Morgan	50 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.