Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 605, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 1999, 8:33 PM EDT for Baldwin County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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
- Aug 17, 1999, 8:33 PM EDT (00:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 1999, 9:05 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Baldwin County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 8:35 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Milledgeville, GA | Baldwin county 911 reported trees and power lines 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 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 121 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -166 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2420 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 180032 RRA SVRATL GAC009-180105- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 833 PM EDT TUE AUG 17 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BALDWIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 905 PM EDT * AT 832 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR IN THE VICINITY OF MILLEDGEVILLE... MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... BROWNS CROSSING... SCOTTSBORO... COOPERS... 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 10:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Sumter | 36 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.