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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 367, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 29, 1999Marion County, Schley County, Taylor County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1999, 4:32 PM EDT for Marion County, Schley County, Taylor 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 29, 1999, 4:32 PM EDT (20:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1999, 5:05 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Marion County, GA, Schley County, GA, Taylor County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 1999-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 621 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 1999-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 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
621 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
925 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

355 
WUUS1 KATL 292034 RRA
SVRATL
GAC197-249-269-292105-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
432 PM EDT TUE JUN 29 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MARION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SCHLEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  TAYLOR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 505 PM EDT

* AT 432 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHARING... MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
   CHARING                     AROUND 440 PM EDT...
   CONCORD                     AROUND 500 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 29, 2:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
246 PM EDT TUE JUN 29 1999

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

205 PM     TRENTON                   GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/29/99   DADE                           THE PUBLIC REPORTED DIME
                                          SIZE HAIL AND WINDS
                                          ESTIMATED AT 60 MPH.

140 PM     MONTICELLO                GA   WIND DAMAGE
06/29/99   JASPER                         911 CENTER REPORTED TREES
                                          DOWN ON HIGHWAY 11 NORTH IN
                                          MONTICELLO.

225 PM     5 SW TRENTON              GA   WIND DAMAGE
06/29/99   DADE                           SHERIFF REPORTED TREES DOWN
                                          AND POWER LINES DOWN.

222 PM     MILLEDGEVILLE             GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/29/99   BALDWIN                        A SPOTTER REPORTED DIME SIZE
                                          HAIL.

245 PM     WRENS                     GA   WIND DAMAGE
06/29/99   JEFFERSON                      WRENS PD REPORTED TREES DOWN
                                          AND POWER OUTAGES.

230 PM                               GA   WIND DAMAGE
06/29/99   WASHINGTON                     911 CENTER REPORTED TREES
                                          DOWN IN DEEPSTEP AND
                                          SANDERSVILLE.
Local storm report, Jun 29, 2:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
246 PM EDT TUE JUN 29 1999

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

205 PM     TRENTON                   GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/29/99   DADE                           THE PUBLIC REPORTED DIME
                                          SIZE HAIL AND WINDS
                                          ESTIMATED AT 60 MPH.

140 PM     MONTICELLO                GA   WIND DAMAGE
06/29/99   JASPER                         911 CENTER REPORTED TREES
                                          DOWN ON HIGHWAY 11 NORTH IN
                                          MONTICELLO.

225 PM     5 SW TRENTON              GA   WIND DAMAGE
06/29/99   DADE                           SHERIFF REPORTED TREES DOWN
                                          AND POWER LINES DOWN.

222 PM     MILLEDGEVILLE             GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/29/99   BALDWIN                        A SPOTTER REPORTED DIME SIZE
                                          HAIL.

245 PM     WRENS                     GA   WIND DAMAGE
06/29/99   JEFFERSON                      WRENS PD REPORTED TREES DOWN
                                          AND POWER OUTAGES.

230 PM                               GA   WIND DAMAGE
06/29/99   WASHINGTON                     911 CENTER REPORTED TREES
                                          DOWN IN DEEPSTEP AND
                                          SANDERSVILLE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 10:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Toombs, Treutlen32 min
Jun 29, 1:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper33 min
Jun 29, 1:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaliaferro33 min
Jun 29, 1:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock36 min
Jun 29, 1:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin34 min
Jun 29, 1:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene37 min
Jun 29, 2:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Walker35 min
Jun 29, 2:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMurray32 min
Jun 29, 2:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington, Wilkinson47 min
Jun 29, 2:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Jefferson47 min
Jun 29, 2:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGilmer36 min
Jun 29, 3:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson19 min
Jun 29, 3:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCUpson34 min
Jun 29, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Talbot32 min
Jun 29, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee, Gordon, Pickens50 min
Jun 29, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Hall33 min
Jun 29, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJackson33 min
Jun 29, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett33 min
Jun 29, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Hall35 min
Jun 29, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJackson33 min
Jun 29, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Paulding34 min
Jun 29, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Gwinnett31 min
Jun 29, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMadison35 min
Jun 29, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilcox35 min
Jun 29, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Oconee35 min
Jun 29, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Rockdale, Walton32 min
Jun 29, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett18 min
Jun 29, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson, Paulding, Polk33 min
Jun 29, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOglethorpe35 min
Jun 29, 6:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb36 min
Jun 29, 6:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Oconee34 min
Jun 29, 7:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton36 min
Jun 29, 7:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton33 min
Jun 29, 7:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry35 min
Jun 29, 7:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Fayette33 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.