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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 557, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 29, 1999Carroll County, Coweta County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 1999, 4:30 PM EDT for Carroll County, Coweta County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 min. 2 reports 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 29, 1999, 4:30 PM EDT (20:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 1999, 5:05 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Carroll County, GA, Coweta County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 29, 4:55 PM EDTThunderstorm WindCarrollton, GACarroll county 911 reported trees and power lines down.
Jul 29, 4:59 PM EDTThunderstorm WindDresden, GACoweta county 911 reported trees down west of Newnan.

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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 41 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 1999-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 192 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 1999-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 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
192 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1285 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 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.

077 
WUUS1 KATL 292032
SVRATL
GAC045-077-292105-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
430 PM EDT THU JUL 29 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA
  COWETA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 505 PM EDT

* AT 429 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  3 MILES NORTHWEST OF WHITESBURG... MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
   WHITESBURG                  AROUND 435 PM EDT...
   ROSCOE                      AROUND 440 PM EDT...
   SARGENT                     AROUND 450 PM EDT...
   HANDY                       AROUND 455 PM EDT...
   NEWNAN                      AROUND 500 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 29, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee33 min
Jul 29, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSchley34 min
Jul 29, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cobb, Paulding49 min
Jul 29, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson33 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.