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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 4, 1999Greene County, Hancock County, Putnam County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1999, 6:26 PM EDT for Greene County, Hancock County, Putnam County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 min. 3 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, 6:26 PM EDT (22:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1999, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Greene County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Putnam County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 4, 6:38 PM EDTHail 1Eatonton, GA
Jun 4, 7:05 PM EDTHail 1Devereux, GA
Jun 4, 7:10 PM EDTThunderstorm WindCentral Portion, GAThe sheriff reported trees were downed in rural areas of the county.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 4, 1:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 123 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1999-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 495 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1999-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 042227
SVRATL

GAC133-141-237-042315-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
626 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA
  WESTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  EASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 625 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  4 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROCKVILLE... MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
   SHOULDERBONE                AROUND 635 PM EDT...
   ROCKVILLE                   AROUND 640 PM EDT...
   FLAT ROCK                   AROUND 710 PM EDT...
   DEVEREUX                    AROUND 715 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 12:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd32 min
Jun 4, 1:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd31 min
Jun 4, 1:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga17 min
Jun 4, 1:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Walker50 min
Jun 4, 1:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPolk47 min
Jun 4, 1:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd36 min
Jun 4, 2:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd19 min
Jun 4, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalker35 min
Jun 4, 2:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPolk35 min
Jun 4, 3:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Walker47 min
Jun 4, 3:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga47 min
Jun 4, 3:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd36 min
Jun 4, 3:19 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCFloyd2 hr
Jun 4, 3:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson, Polk34 min
Jun 4, 3:25 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCHaralson20 min
Jun 4, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll34 min
Jun 4, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga20 min
Jun 4, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd19 min
Jun 4, 4:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Fayette36 min
Jun 4, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry, Spalding32 min
Jun 4, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMadison34 min
Jun 4, 4:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade37 min
Jun 4, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOglethorpe36 min
Jun 4, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalker35 min
Jun 4, 5:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa32 min
Jun 4, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade35 min
Jun 4, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOglethorpe32 min
Jun 4, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalker37 min
Jun 4, 5:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade35 min
Jun 4, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene32 min
Jun 4, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Oconee35 min
Jun 4, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Upson33 min
Jun 4, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTalbot37 min
Jun 4, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene48 min
Jun 4, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Oconee32 min
Jun 4, 6:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTalbot35 min
Jun 4, 6:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan37 min
Jun 4, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Newton32 min
Jun 4, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Taylor49 min
Jun 4, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin33 min
Jun 4, 7:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Twiggs34 min
Jun 4, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly35 min
Jun 4, 7:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPutnam34 min
Jun 4, 7:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkinson51 min
Jun 4, 7:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter37 min
Jun 4, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin33 min
Jun 4, 7:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWebster35 min
Jun 4, 7:43 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCWilkinson17 min
Jun 4, 7:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp34 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.