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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 500, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 22, 1999Newton County, Rockdale County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 1999, 4:25 PM EDT for Newton County, Rockdale County, Georgia. It was in force for 20 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
Jul 22, 1999, 4:25 PM EDT (20:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 1999, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Newton County, GA, Rockdale County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 58 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 1999-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 463 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 1999-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 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
463 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-102 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1197 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
22 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 222026 RRA
SVRATL
GAC217-247-222045-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
425 PM EDT THU JUL 22 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA
  SOUTHERN ROCKDALE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT

* AT 425 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  IN THE VICINITY OF MAGNET... MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
   MAGNET                      AROUND 435 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 21, 8:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson35 min
Jul 22, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLumpkin, Union, White33 min
Jul 22, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLumpkin32 min
Jul 22, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson33 min
Jul 22, 6:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb35 min
Jul 22, 7:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.