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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 477, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 10, 1999Cherokee County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 1999, 7:12 PM EDT for Cherokee County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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 10, 1999, 7:12 PM EDT (23:12 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 1999, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Cherokee County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 10, 7:43 PM EDTHail 0.88Canton, GAThe public reported nickel size hail.

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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 1999-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 233 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 1999-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -28 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
233 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
971 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-35 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.

000 
TTAA00 KATL 102313 RRA
SVRATL
GAC057-102345-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
712 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 710 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR 6 MILES WEST OF WALESKA... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
   WALESKA                     AROUND 725 PM EDT...
   HOLLY SPRINGS               AROUND 730 PM EDT...
   CANTON                      AROUND 730 PM EDT...

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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Fulton34 min
Jul 10, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett47 min
Jul 10, 6:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Murray33 min
Jul 10, 7:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow37 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.