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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 548, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 24, 1999Houston County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 1999, 8:32 PM EDT for Houston 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
Jul 24, 1999, 8:32 PM EDT (00:32 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 1999, 9:05 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Houston County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 237 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 1999-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1740 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 1999-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -16 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
1740 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1162 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-4 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 250033
SVRATL
GAC153-250105-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
832 PM EDT SAT JUL 24 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 905 PM EDT

* AT 832 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  3 MILES WEST OF ELBERTA... MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
   ELBERTA                     AROUND 850 PM EDT...
   WARNER ROBINS               AROUND 855 PM EDT...
   BONAIRE                     AROUND 855 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.

RAB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 8:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Schley32 min
Jul 24, 8:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb32 min
Jul 24, 8:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon32 min
Jul 25, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTalbot32 min
Jul 25, 6:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaylor36 min
Jul 25, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Talbot35 min
Jul 25, 6:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaylor32 min
Jul 25, 7:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford34 min
Jul 25, 7:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Talbot49 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.