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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 337, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 5, 1999Chattooga County, Walker County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1999, 6:52 PM EDT for Chattooga County, Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 1999, 6:52 PM EDT (22:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1999, 7:25 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Chattooga County, GA, Walker County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:54 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 205 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1999-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 191 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1999-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
191 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-368 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1505 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

117 
WUUS1 KATL 052253 RRA
SVRATL
GAC055-295-052325-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
652 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN CHATTOOGA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA
  EASTERN WALKER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 725 PM EDT

* AT 651 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF CATLETT... MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
   CATLETT                     AROUND 720 PM EDT...
   NOBLE                       AROUND 725 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, Jun 5, 6:40 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
640 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 1999

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

510 PM     WELCOME                   GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/05/99   COWETA

515 PM     NEWNAN                    GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/05/99   COWETA

528 PM     NEWNAN                    GA   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/05/99   COWETA

535 PM     WHITESBURG                GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/05/99   CARROLL

611 PM     8 NE WEST POINT           GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/05/99   TROUP

613 PM     WEST POINT                GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/05/99   TROUP

633 PM     TUNNEL HILL               GA   WIND DAMAGE
06/05/99   WHITFIELD                      SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN
Local storm report, Jun 5, 6:40 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
640 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 1999

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

510 PM     WELCOME                   GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/05/99   COWETA

515 PM     NEWNAN                    GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/05/99   COWETA

528 PM     NEWNAN                    GA   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/05/99   COWETA

535 PM     WHITESBURG                GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/05/99   CARROLL

611 PM     8 NE WEST POINT           GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/05/99   TROUP

613 PM     WEST POINT                GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/05/99   TROUP

633 PM     TUNNEL HILL               GA   WIND DAMAGE
06/05/99   WHITFIELD                      SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 8:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs34 min
Jun 4, 8:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkinson20 min
Jun 4, 8:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley36 min
Jun 4, 8:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPulaski, Wilcox48 min
Jun 4, 8:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Dodge, Pulaski51 min
Jun 4, 9:04 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCPulaski21 min
Jun 4, 9:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilcox34 min
Jun 4, 9:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilcox18 min
Jun 5, 4:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp33 min
Jun 5, 5:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta34 min
Jun 5, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMurray, Whitfield34 min
Jun 5, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Heard37 min
Jun 5, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll34 min
Jun 5, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup36 min
Jun 5, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWhitfield36 min
Jun 5, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa35 min
Jun 5, 7:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd36 min

Nearby

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

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.