Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 535, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 1999, 5:42 PM EDT for Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 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 24, 1999, 5:42 PM EDT (21:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 1999, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fulton County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 47 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1875 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1103 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 242143 RRA SVRATL GAC121-242230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 542 PM EDT SAT JUL 24 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN FULTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA * UNTIL 630 PM EDT * AT 541 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF UNION CITY... MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL AFFECT UNION CITY...PALMETTO...STONEWALL... RED OAK...AND COLLEGE PARK DURING THE NEXT 45 MINUTES. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT MAY FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. IF YOU SEE FLOODING...LARGE HAIL OR WIND DAMAGE...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
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 11:45 AM EDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1145 AM EDT SAT JUL 24 1999 GAZ059>062-069-071>076-078>086-091>098-103>113-242101-BALDWIN-BIBB-BL ECKLEY-CRAWFORD-CRISP-DODGE-DOOLY-EMANUEL-GLASCOCK-HANCOCK-HARRIS-HOU STON-JASPER-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-LAURENS-MACON-MARION-MONROE-MONTG OMERY-PEACH-PULASKI-PUTNAM-SCHLEY-SUMTER-TALBOT-TAYLOR-TELFAIR-TOOMBS -TREUTLEN-TWIGGS-UPSON-WARREN-WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WHEELER-WILCOX-WILKI NSON- ...HEAT ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL GEORGIA... HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL REACH INTO THE MID AND UPPER 90S ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA... AFTER REACHING THE MID TO UPPER 90S FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THESE TEMPERATURES... COMBINED WITH HUMIDITIES OF 40 TO 50 PERCENT...WILL PUSH THE HEAT INDEX TO NEAR 110 DEGREES AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTSIDE...AVOID PROLONGED EXPOSURE OR STRENUOUS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. WEAR LIGHT COLORED...LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING... AND DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS TO AVOID DEHYDRATION. PETS CAN ALSO SUCCUMB TO THE EFFECTS OF EXCESSIVE HEAT. INSURE PETS HAVE ADEQUATE DRINKING WATER AND A SHADY PLACE TO REST. DO NOT KEEP PETS OR CHILDREN IN CARS WITH THE WINDOWS ROLLED UP...EVEN PARTIALLY. TEMPERATURES INSIDE A CAR WITH THE WINDOWS UP CAN REACH OVER 150 DEGREES QUICKLY...RESULTING IN HEAT STROKE AND DEATH.
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 11:45 AM EDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1145 AM EDT SAT JUL 24 1999 GAZ059>062-069-071>076-078>086-091>098-103>113-242101-BALDWIN-BIBB-BL ECKLEY-CRAWFORD-CRISP-DODGE-DOOLY-EMANUEL-GLASCOCK-HANCOCK-HARRIS-HOU STON-JASPER-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-LAURENS-MACON-MARION-MONROE-MONTG OMERY-PEACH-PULASKI-PUTNAM-SCHLEY-SUMTER-TALBOT-TAYLOR-TELFAIR-TOOMBS -TREUTLEN-TWIGGS-UPSON-WARREN-WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WHEELER-WILCOX-WILKI NSON- ...HEAT ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL GEORGIA... HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL REACH INTO THE MID AND UPPER 90S ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA... AFTER REACHING THE MID TO UPPER 90S FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THESE TEMPERATURES... COMBINED WITH HUMIDITIES OF 40 TO 50 PERCENT...WILL PUSH THE HEAT INDEX TO NEAR 110 DEGREES AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTSIDE...AVOID PROLONGED EXPOSURE OR STRENUOUS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. WEAR LIGHT COLORED...LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING... AND DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS TO AVOID DEHYDRATION. PETS CAN ALSO SUCCUMB TO THE EFFECTS OF EXCESSIVE HEAT. INSURE PETS HAVE ADEQUATE DRINKING WATER AND A SHADY PLACE TO REST. DO NOT KEEP PETS OR CHILDREN IN CARS WITH THE WINDOWS ROLLED UP...EVEN PARTIALLY. TEMPERATURES INSIDE A CAR WITH THE WINDOWS UP CAN REACH OVER 150 DEGREES QUICKLY...RESULTING IN HEAT STROKE AND DEATH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp | 20 min |
| Jul 23, 9:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilcox | 17 min |
| Jul 23, 9:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge | 35 min |
| Jul 23, 9:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp | 18 min |
| Jul 24, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 34 min |
| Jul 24, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Troup | 34 min |
| Jul 24, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett | 35 min |
| Jul 24, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb | 33 min |
| Jul 24, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Polk | 34 min |
| Jul 24, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 31 min |
| Jul 24, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fulton | 36 min |
| Jul 24, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb | 32 min |
| Jul 24, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Polk | 50 min |
| Jul 24, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Oconee | 36 min |
| Jul 24, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 48 min |
| Jul 24, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 51 min |
| Jul 24, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard | 48 min |
| Jul 24, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fayette | 36 min |
| Jul 24, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe | 51 min |
| Jul 24, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke | 46 min |
| Jul 24, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton | 48 min |
| Jul 24, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 49 min |
| Jul 24, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton | 50 min |
| Jul 24, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 48 min |
| Jul 24, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 49 min |
| Jul 24, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry | 50 min |
| Jul 24, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Rockdale | 49 min |
| Jul 24, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 31 min |
| Jul 24, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts | 49 min |
| Jul 24, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fayette | 47 min |
| Jul 24, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 48 min |
| Jul 24, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Monroe | 49 min |
| Jul 24, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton | 47 min |
| Jul 24, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper | 49 min |
| Jul 24, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene | 47 min |
| Jul 24, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan | 48 min |
| Jul 24, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts | 36 min |
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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.