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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 554, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 25, 1999Harris County, Talbot County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1999, 7:31 PM EDT for Harris County, Talbot County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 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 25, 1999, 7:31 PM EDT (23:31 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 1999, 8:20 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Harris County, GA, Talbot County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 25, 7:37 PM EDTThunderstorm WindWaverly Hall, GAHarris county 911 reported trees and power lines down in Waverly Hall and Ellerslie.

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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 75 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 1999-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 638 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 1999-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 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
638 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-194 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
983 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
5 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 252333
SVRATL
GAC145-263-260020-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
731 PM EDT SUN JUL 25 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN HARRIS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WESTERN TALBOT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 820 PM EDT

* AT 728 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  3 MILES SOUTH OF WAVERLY HALL... MOVING WEST AT LESS THAN
  5 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
   WAVERLY HALL...CATAULA...AND ELLERSLIE THROUGH 820 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 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 24, 8:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston33 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

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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.