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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 597, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 14, 1999Gilmer County, Pickens County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 1999, 12:25 AM EDT for Gilmer County, Pickens County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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
Aug 14, 1999, 12:25 AM EDT (04:25 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 1999, 1:00 AM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Gilmer County, GA, Pickens County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 00:00Z on 1999-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 994 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 00:00Z on 1999-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
994 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-132 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1522 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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

Local storm report, Aug 13, 6:30 PM EDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
630 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 1999

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

154 PM     DAHLONEGA                 GA   1.75 INCH HAIL
08/13/99   LUMPKIN                        LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN

300 PM     HILLSBORO AND MONTICELLO  GA   WIND DAMAGE
08/13/99   JASPER                         SEVERAL TREES AND POWER
                                          LINES DOWN

318 PM     WATKINSVILLE              GA   WIND DAMAGE
08/13/99   OCONEE                         SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN

347 PM     MAGNET                    GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
08/13/99   NEWTON

350 PM     MADISON                   GA   WIND DAMAGE
08/13/99   MORGAN                         SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN

400 PM     GAY                       GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
08/13/99   MERIWETHER

410 PM     6 E MCDONOUGH             GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
08/13/99   HENRY

421 PM     AMERICUS                  GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
08/13/99   SUMTER

445 PM     HAWKINSVILLE              GA   WIND DAMAGE
08/13/99   PULASKI                        SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN

500 PM     DESOTO                    GA   WIND DAMAGE
08/13/99   SUMTER                         SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN

521 PM     FAIRBURN                  GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
08/13/99   FULTON

545 PM     LAWRENCEVILLE             GA   0.88 INCH HAIL
08/13/99   GWINNETT                       NICKEL SIZE HAIL

548 PM     LILBURN                   GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
08/13/99   GWINNETT
Local storm report, Aug 13, 6:30 PM EDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
630 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 1999

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

154 PM     DAHLONEGA                 GA   1.75 INCH HAIL
08/13/99   LUMPKIN                        LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN

300 PM     HILLSBORO AND MONTICELLO  GA   WIND DAMAGE
08/13/99   JASPER                         SEVERAL TREES AND POWER
                                          LINES DOWN

318 PM     WATKINSVILLE              GA   WIND DAMAGE
08/13/99   OCONEE                         SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN

347 PM     MAGNET                    GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
08/13/99   NEWTON

350 PM     MADISON                   GA   WIND DAMAGE
08/13/99   MORGAN                         SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN

400 PM     GAY                       GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
08/13/99   MERIWETHER

410 PM     6 E MCDONOUGH             GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
08/13/99   HENRY

421 PM     AMERICUS                  GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
08/13/99   SUMTER

445 PM     HAWKINSVILLE              GA   WIND DAMAGE
08/13/99   PULASKI                        SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN

500 PM     DESOTO                    GA   WIND DAMAGE
08/13/99   SUMTER                         SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN

521 PM     FAIRBURN                  GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
08/13/99   FULTON

545 PM     LAWRENCEVILLE             GA   0.88 INCH HAIL
08/13/99   GWINNETT                       NICKEL SIZE HAIL

548 PM     LILBURN                   GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
08/13/99   GWINNETT
Local storm report, Aug 13, 7:35 PM EDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
735 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 1999

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

154 PM     DAHLONEGA                 GA   1.75 INCH HAIL
08/13/99   LUMPKIN                        LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN

300 PM     HILLSBORO AND MONTICELLO  GA   WIND DAMAGE
08/13/99   JASPER                         SEVERAL TREES AND POWER
                                          LINES DOWN

300 PM     BUTLER AND REYNOLDS       GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
08/13/99   TAYLOR                         LARGE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN

318 PM     WATKINSVILLE              GA   WIND DAMAGE
08/13/99   OCONEE                         SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN

347 PM     MAGNET                    GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
08/13/99   NEWTON

350 PM     MADISON                   GA   WIND DAMAGE
08/13/99   MORGAN                         SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN

400 PM     GAY                       GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
08/13/99   MERIWETHER

410 PM     6 E MCDONOUGH             GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
08/13/99   HENRY

421 PM     AMERICUS                  GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
08/13/99   SUMTER

430 PM     AMERICUS                  GA   WIND DAMAGE
08/13/99   SUMTER                         SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN

445 PM     HAWKINSVILLE              GA   WIND DAMAGE
08/13/99   PULASKI                        SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN

500 PM     DESOTO                    GA   WIND DAMAGE
08/13/99   SUMTER                         SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN

521 PM     FAIRBURN                  GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
08/13/99   FULTON

545 PM     LAWRENCEVILLE             GA   0.88 INCH HAIL
08/13/99   GWINNETT                       NICKEL SIZE HAIL

548 PM     LILBURN                   GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
08/13/99   GWINNETT

600 PM     HAMILTON                  GA   WIND DAMAGE
08/13/99   HARRIS                         SEVERAL TREES AND POWER
                                          LINES BLOWN DOWN

635 PM     HAMILTON                  GA   WIND DAMAGE
08/13/99   HARRIS                         TREES BLOWN DOWN ONTO ROADS
Local storm report, Aug 13, 7:35 PM EDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
735 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 1999

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

154 PM     DAHLONEGA                 GA   1.75 INCH HAIL
08/13/99   LUMPKIN                        LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN

300 PM     HILLSBORO AND MONTICELLO  GA   WIND DAMAGE
08/13/99   JASPER                         SEVERAL TREES AND POWER
                                          LINES DOWN

300 PM     BUTLER AND REYNOLDS       GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
08/13/99   TAYLOR                         LARGE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN

318 PM     WATKINSVILLE              GA   WIND DAMAGE
08/13/99   OCONEE                         SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN

347 PM     MAGNET                    GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
08/13/99   NEWTON

350 PM     MADISON                   GA   WIND DAMAGE
08/13/99   MORGAN                         SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN

400 PM     GAY                       GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
08/13/99   MERIWETHER

410 PM     6 E MCDONOUGH             GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
08/13/99   HENRY

421 PM     AMERICUS                  GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
08/13/99   SUMTER

430 PM     AMERICUS                  GA   WIND DAMAGE
08/13/99   SUMTER                         SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN

445 PM     HAWKINSVILLE              GA   WIND DAMAGE
08/13/99   PULASKI                        SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN

500 PM     DESOTO                    GA   WIND DAMAGE
08/13/99   SUMTER                         SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN

521 PM     FAIRBURN                  GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
08/13/99   FULTON

545 PM     LAWRENCEVILLE             GA   0.88 INCH HAIL
08/13/99   GWINNETT                       NICKEL SIZE HAIL

548 PM     LILBURN                   GA   0.75 INCH HAIL
08/13/99   GWINNETT

600 PM     HAMILTON                  GA   WIND DAMAGE
08/13/99   HARRIS                         SEVERAL TREES AND POWER
                                          LINES BLOWN DOWN

635 PM     HAMILTON                  GA   WIND DAMAGE
08/13/99   HARRIS                         TREES BLOWN DOWN ONTO ROADS
Local storm report, Aug 13, 9:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 9:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Union34 min
Aug 14, 3:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Treutlen33 min
Aug 14, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery34 min
Aug 14, 4:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCToombs33 min
Aug 14, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWheeler18 min
Aug 14, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery20 min
Aug 14, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge32 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.