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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 467, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 6, 1999Heard County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 1999, 8:13 PM EDT for Heard County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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
Jul 6, 1999, 8:13 PM EDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 1999, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Heard County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 6, 8:18 PM EDTThunderstorm WindFranklin, GAThe public and Heard county 911 reported that thunderstorm winds knocked trees down along highway 34 both east and west of Franklin.

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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 59 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 00:00Z on 1999-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 109 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 00:00Z on 1999-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -18 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
109 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-203 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-7 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.

902 
WUUS1 KATL 070013 RRA
SVRATL
GAC149-070045-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
813 PM EDT TUE JUL 6 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HEARD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 812 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  4 MILES NORTHEAST OF TEXAS... MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
   TEXAS                       AROUND 845 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
Jul 6, 8:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Wilcox33 min
Jul 6, 8:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCHeard3 hr
Jul 7, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin32 min
Jul 7, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson32 min
Jul 7, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth33 min
Jul 7, 6:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas, Paulding33 min
Jul 7, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb31 min
Jul 7, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard33 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.