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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 577, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 13, 1999Lumpkin County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1999, 1:46 PM EDT for Lumpkin County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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
Aug 13, 1999, 1:46 PM EDT (17:46 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 1999, 2:20 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Lumpkin County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 13, 1:51 PM EDTHail 1.75Dahlonega, GAThere were several reports from a local radio station and the public of quarter to golf ball size hail.
Aug 13, 1:55 PM EDTThunderstorm WindDahlonega, GALumpkin county EMA and a radio station reported several large trees blown down.

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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 1999-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1845 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 1999-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 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
1845 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1383 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 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.

877 
WUUS52 KFFC 131746 RRA
SVRATL
GAC187-131820-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
146 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LUMPKIN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 220 PM EDT

* AT 146 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  IN THE VICINITY OF DAHLONEGA... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
  GARLAND...

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
Aug 12, 8:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll22 min
Aug 12, 9:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll33 min
Aug 13, 1:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford36 min
Aug 13, 2:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMonroe37 min
Aug 13, 2:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones36 min
Aug 13, 2:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaylor32 min
Aug 13, 2:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper34 min
Aug 13, 3:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOconee36 min
Aug 13, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaylor35 min
Aug 13, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton34 min
Aug 13, 3:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry32 min
Aug 13, 3:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan35 min
Aug 13, 4:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether36 min
Aug 13, 4:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly33 min
Aug 13, 4:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter32 min
Aug 13, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPulaski32 min
Aug 13, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter35 min
Aug 13, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett35 min
Aug 13, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris35 min
Aug 13, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett37 min
Aug 13, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris35 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

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.