Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 294, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1999, 4:49 PM EDT for Oglethorpe County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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
- Jun 4, 1999, 4:49 PM EDT (20:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1999, 5:25 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Oglethorpe County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 5:00 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Smithonia, GA | |
| Jun 4, 5:30 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Crawford, GA |
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 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 495 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1103 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 042050 SVRATL GAC221-042125- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 449 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... OGLETHORPE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA * UNTIL 525 PM EDT * AT 449 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR 1 MILE NORTHEAST OF SMITHONIA... MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... SMITHONIA AROUND 455 PM... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. 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, Jun 4, 12:20 PM EDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-041715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1220 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1999 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON OVER MOST OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE AREA HAVING THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM ELBERTON TO MONROE TO AMERICUS...BUT SEVERE STORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT ANYWHERE IN THE STATE TODAY. A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S TO LOWER 90S AND A SLOW MOVING FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL COMBINE TO TRIGGER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ABOVE 50 MPH BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON IN CASE ACTIVATION BECOMES NECESSARY.
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 4:21 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 421 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1999 GAZ001-002-011-019-030-041-042-052-066-078-042121- CARROLL-CHATTOOGA-DADE-FLOYD-HARALSON-HARRIS-HEARD-POLK-TROUP-WALKER- 421 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1999 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM... A BAND OF INTENSE TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTH ALONG AND EITHER SIDE OF THE ALABAMA BORDER IN NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF CHATTOOGA...FLOYD...POLK...HARALSON... TROUP...AND HARRIS COUNTIES. OTHER INTENSE TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN COWETA...FAYETTE...CLAYTON...AND SPALDING COUNTIES. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED NEAR CAVE SPRING...BOWDON...WEST POINT LAKE...SENOIA...AND BETWEEN FAYETTEVILLE AND HAMPTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS...GUSTY WINDS... EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. STAY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. IF YOU EXPERIENCE SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 770-486-1133 EXTENSION 204. GAZ024-025-027-042121- BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON- 421 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1999 A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTH THROUGH MADISON COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED NEAR FRANKLIN SPRINGS...AND WILL MOVE TOWARD DANIELSVILLE DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS...DAMAGING WIND...EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTING. STAY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. IF YOU EXPERIENCE SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 770-486-1133 EXTENSION 204. RAB
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 4:24 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMEN...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 424 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1999 GAZ001-002-011-019-030-041-042-052-054>057-066-078-042130- CARROLL-CHATTOOGA-CLAYTON-DADE-FAYETTE-FLOYD-HARALSON-HARRIS-HEARD- HENRY-POLK-SPALDING-TROUP-WALKER- 424 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1999 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM... A BAND OF INTENSE TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTH ALONG AND EITHER SIDE OF THE ALABAMA BORDER IN NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF CHATTOOGA...FLOYD...POLK...HARALSON... TROUP...AND HARRIS COUNTIES. OTHER INTENSE TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN COWETA...FAYETTE...CLAYTON...AND SPALDING COUNTIES. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED NEAR CAVE SPRING...BOWDON...WEST POINT LAKE...SENOIA...AND BETWEEN FAYETTEVILLE AND HAMPTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS...GUSTY WINDS... EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. STAY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. IF YOU EXPERIENCE SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 770-486-1133 EXTENSION 204. GAZ024-025-027-042130- BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON- 424 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1999 A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTH THROUGH MADISON COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED NEAR FRANKLIN SPRINGS...AND WILL MOVE TOWARD DANIELSVILLE DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS...DAMAGING WIND...EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTING. STAY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. IF YOU EXPERIENCE SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 770-486-1133 EXTENSION 204. RAB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 12:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 1:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 31 min |
| Jun 4, 1:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 17 min |
| Jun 4, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 50 min |
| Jun 4, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Polk | 47 min |
| Jun 4, 1:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 36 min |
| Jun 4, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 19 min |
| Jun 4, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walker | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Polk | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 47 min |
| Jun 4, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 47 min |
| Jun 4, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 36 min |
| Jun 4, 3:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 3:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Haralson | 20 min |
| Jun 4, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 20 min |
| Jun 4, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 19 min |
| Jun 4, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette | 36 min |
| Jun 4, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry, Spalding | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Madison | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walker | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walker | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Upson | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Talbot | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene | 48 min |
| Jun 4, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Oconee | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Talbot | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Putnam | 49 min |
| Jun 4, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Newton | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Taylor | 49 min |
| Jun 4, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Twiggs | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Putnam | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkinson | 51 min |
| Jun 4, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Sumter | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Webster | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 7:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Wilkinson | 17 min |
| Jun 4, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp | 34 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.