Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 622, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 20, 1999, 2:49 AM EDT for Jefferson County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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 20, 1999, 2:49 AM EDT (06:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 1999, 3:25 AM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jefferson County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3343 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
571 WUUS52 KFFC 200649 RRA SVRATL GAC163-200725- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 249 AM EDT FRI AUG 20 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EXTREME EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 325 AM EDT * AT 249 AM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE OR IN THE VICINITY OF MATTHEWS... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER RURAL AREAS. 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.
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 19, 9:01 PM EDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
901 PM EDT THU AUG 19 1999
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
230 PM REYNOLDS GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
08/19/99 TAYLOR CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF
HAIL DIME SIZE AND SMALLER.
SMALL TREE LIMBS DOWN.
300 PM 2 N OGLETHORPE GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
08/19/99 MACON NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
POWER LINES DOWN.
350 PM WARNER ROBBINS GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
08/19/99 HOUSTON CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF HAIL
QUARTER SIZE AND SMALLER.
403 PM WARNER ROBBINS GA WIND GUST
08/19/99 HOUSTON WIND GUST TO 44 KTS REPORTED
BY WARNER ROBBINS AFB.
405 PM WARNER ROBBINS GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
08/19/99 HOUSTON GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL. TREES
AND POWER LINES DOWN.
420 PM 5 W SANDERSVILLE GA WIND DAMAGE
08/19/99 WASHINGTON TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 24.
445 PM ADRIAN GA 1.25 INCH HAIL
08/19/99 EMANUEL QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
502 PM DUBLIN GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
08/19/99 LAURENS QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND TREES DOWN.
510 PM WRENS GA WIND DAMAGE
08/19/99 JEFFERSON TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
515 PM EAST DUBLIN GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
08/19/99 LAURENS QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND TREES DOWN.
530 PM DUBLIN GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
08/19/99 LAURENS GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL FROM
DUBLIN TO DEXTER.
530 PM SCOTT GA WIND DAMAGE
08/19/99 JOHNSON TREE LIMBS DOWN ON POWER LINES.
540 PM DUBLIN GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
08/19/99 LAURENS QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
STREET LIGHT DOWN IN TOWN.
605 PM EAST DUBLIN GA 1.00 INCH HAIL.
08/19/99 LAURENS DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL FOR 30
MINUTES.
627 PM ROCHELLE GA WIND DAMAGE
08/19/99 WILCOX ROOF TAKEN OFF A HOUSE.
724 PM 1 S MCRAE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
08/19/99 TELFAIR QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
800 PM MCRAE GA WIND DAMAGE
08/19/99 TELFAIR CONSIDERABLE WIND DAMAGE BETWEEN
730 PM AND 830 PM.
BACK WALL OF EMPTY BUILDING BLOWN
DOWN ON RAILROAD ST. POWER LINES
BLOWN DOWN ON WALTER BARRETT
ROAD AND BRUCE ST...TREE DOWN ON A
TRUCK ON FIRST AVE...AND A TREE
DOWN ON COLLEGE ST.Local storm report, Aug 19, 9:01 PM EDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
901 PM EDT THU AUG 19 1999
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
230 PM REYNOLDS GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
08/19/99 TAYLOR CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF
HAIL DIME SIZE AND SMALLER.
SMALL TREE LIMBS DOWN.
300 PM 2 N OGLETHORPE GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
08/19/99 MACON NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
POWER LINES DOWN.
350 PM WARNER ROBBINS GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
08/19/99 HOUSTON CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF HAIL
QUARTER SIZE AND SMALLER.
400 PM 6 W WARNER ROBBINS GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
08/19/99 HOUSTON GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL.
403 PM WARNER ROBBINS GA WIND GUST
08/19/99 HOUSTON WIND GUST TO 44 KTS REPORTED
BY WARNER ROBBINS AFB.
405 PM WARNER ROBBINS GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
08/19/99 HOUSTON GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL. TREES
AND POWER LINES DOWN.
420 PM 5 W SANDERSVILLE GA WIND DAMAGE
08/19/99 WASHINGTON TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 24.
445 PM ADRIAN GA 1.25 INCH HAIL
08/19/99 EMANUEL QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
502 PM DUBLIN GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
08/19/99 LAURENS QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND TREES DOWN.
510 PM WRENS GA WIND DAMAGE
08/19/99 JEFFERSON TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
515 PM EAST DUBLIN GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
08/19/99 LAURENS QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND TREES DOWN.
530 PM DUBLIN GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
08/19/99 LAURENS GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL FROM
DUBLIN TO DEXTER.
530 PM SCOTT GA WIND DAMAGE
08/19/99 JOHNSON TREE LIMBS DOWN ON POWER LINES.
540 PM DUBLIN GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
08/19/99 LAURENS QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
STREET LIGHT DOWN IN TOWN.
605 PM EAST DUBLIN GA 1.00 INCH HAIL.
08/19/99 LAURENS DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL FOR 30
MINUTES.
627 PM ROCHELLE GA WIND DAMAGE
08/19/99 WILCOX ROOF TAKEN OFF A HOUSE.
724 PM 1 S MCRAE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
08/19/99 TELFAIR QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
800 PM MCRAE GA WIND DAMAGE
08/19/99 TELFAIR CONSIDERABLE WIND DAMAGE BETWEEN
730 PM AND 830 PM.
BACK WALL OF EMPTY BUILDING BLOWN
DOWN ON RAILROAD ST. POWER LINES
BLOWN DOWN ON WALTER BARRETT
ROAD AND BRUCE ST...TREE DOWN ON A
TRUCK ON FIRST AVE...AND A TREE
DOWN ON COLLEGE ST.Special weather statement, Aug 19, 10:00 PM EDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-075-076-200900- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1000 PM EDT THU AUG 19 1999 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT OVER NORTH GEORGIA AND PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE RISK AREA IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM LOUISVILLE TO JACKSON...THOUGH JACKSON TO FRANKLIN. THIS INCLUDES ATLANTA...ATHENS...ROME...GAINESVILLE. A COLD FRONT APPROACHING GEORGIA FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WILL HELP TO SPAWN SOME THUNDERSTORMS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LAST THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS IN NORTH GEORGIA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION.
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 10:00 PM EDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-075-076-200900- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1000 PM EDT THU AUG 19 1999 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT OVER NORTH GEORGIA AND PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE RISK AREA IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM LOUISVILLE TO JACKSON...THOUGH JACKSON TO FRANKLIN. THIS INCLUDES ATLANTA...ATHENS...ROME...GAINESVILLE. A COLD FRONT APPROACHING GEORGIA FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WILL HELP TO SPAWN SOME THUNDERSTORMS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LAST THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS IN NORTH GEORGIA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION.
Local storm report, Aug 19, 10:47 PM EDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
901 PM EDT THU AUG 19 1999
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
230 PM REYNOLDS GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
08/19/99 TAYLOR CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF
HAIL DIME SIZE AND SMALLER.
SMALL TREE LIMBS DOWN.
300 PM 2 N OGLETHORPE GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
08/19/99 MACON NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
POWER LINES DOWN.
350 PM WARNER ROBBINS GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
08/19/99 HOUSTON CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF HAIL
QUARTER SIZE AND SMALLER.
403 PM WARNER ROBBINS GA WIND GUST
08/19/99 HOUSTON WIND GUST TO 44 KTS REPORTED
BY WARNER ROBBINS AFB.
405 PM WARNER ROBBINS GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
08/19/99 HOUSTON GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL. TREES
AND POWER LINES DOWN.
420 PM 5 W SANDERSVILLE GA WIND DAMAGE
08/19/99 WASHINGTON TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 24.
445 PM ADRIAN GA 1.25 INCH HAIL
08/19/99 EMANUEL QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
502 PM DUBLIN GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
08/19/99 LAURENS QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND TREES DOWN.
510 PM WRENS GA WIND DAMAGE
08/19/99 JEFFERSON TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
515 PM EAST DUBLIN GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
08/19/99 LAURENS QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND TREES DOWN.
530 PM DUBLIN GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
08/19/99 LAURENS GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL FROM
DUBLIN TO DEXTER.
530 PM SCOTT GA WIND DAMAGE
08/19/99 JOHNSON TREE LIMBS DOWN ON POWER LINES.
540 PM DUBLIN GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
08/19/99 LAURENS QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
STREET LIGHT DOWN IN TOWN.
605 PM EAST DUBLIN GA 1.00 INCH HAIL.
08/19/99 LAURENS DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL FOR 30
MINUTES.
627 PM ROCHELLE GA WIND DAMAGE
08/19/99 WILCOX ROOF TAKEN OFF A HOUSE.
724 PM 1 S MCRAE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
08/19/99 TELFAIR QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
800 PM MCRAE GA WIND DAMAGE
08/19/99 TELFAIR CONSIDERABLE WIND DAMAGE BETWEEN
730 PM AND 830 PM.
BACK WALL OF EMPTY BUILDING BLOWN
DOWN ON RAILROAD ST. POWER LINES
BLOWN DOWN ON WALTER BARRETT
ROAD AND BRUCE ST...TREE DOWN ON A
TRUCK ON FIRST AVE...AND A TREE
DOWN ON COLLEGE ST.Local storm report, Aug 19, 11:25 PM EDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
901 PM EDT THU AUG 19 1999
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
230 PM REYNOLDS GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
08/19/99 TAYLOR CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF
HAIL DIME SIZE AND SMALLER.
SMALL TREE LIMBS DOWN.
300 PM 2 N OGLETHORPE GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
08/19/99 MACON NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
POWER LINES DOWN.
350 PM WARNER ROBBINS GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
08/19/99 HOUSTON CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF HAIL
QUARTER SIZE AND SMALLER.
400 PM 6 W WARNER ROBBINS GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
08/19/99 HOUSTON GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL.
403 PM WARNER ROBBINS GA WIND GUST
08/19/99 HOUSTON WIND GUST TO 44 KTS REPORTED
BY WARNER ROBBINS AFB.
405 PM WARNER ROBBINS GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
08/19/99 HOUSTON GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL. TREES
AND POWER LINES DOWN.
420 PM 5 W SANDERSVILLE GA WIND DAMAGE
08/19/99 WASHINGTON TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 24.
445 PM ADRIAN GA 1.25 INCH HAIL
08/19/99 EMANUEL QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
502 PM DUBLIN GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
08/19/99 LAURENS QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND TREES DOWN.
510 PM WRENS GA WIND DAMAGE
08/19/99 JEFFERSON TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
515 PM EAST DUBLIN GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
08/19/99 LAURENS QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND TREES DOWN.
530 PM DUBLIN GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
08/19/99 LAURENS GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL FROM
DUBLIN TO DEXTER.
530 PM SCOTT GA WIND DAMAGE
08/19/99 JOHNSON TREE LIMBS DOWN ON POWER LINES.
540 PM DUBLIN GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
08/19/99 LAURENS QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
STREET LIGHT DOWN IN TOWN.
605 PM EAST DUBLIN GA 1.00 INCH HAIL.
08/19/99 LAURENS DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL FOR 30
MINUTES.
627 PM ROCHELLE GA WIND DAMAGE
08/19/99 WILCOX ROOF TAKEN OFF A HOUSE.
724 PM 1 S MCRAE GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
08/19/99 TELFAIR QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
800 PM MCRAE GA WIND DAMAGE
08/19/99 TELFAIR CONSIDERABLE WIND DAMAGE BETWEEN
730 PM AND 830 PM.
BACK WALL OF EMPTY BUILDING BLOWN
DOWN ON RAILROAD ST. POWER LINES
BLOWN DOWN ON WALTER BARRETT
ROAD AND BRUCE ST...TREE DOWN ON A
TRUCK ON FIRST AVE...AND A TREE
DOWN ON COLLEGE ST.The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Paulding | 36 min |
| Aug 20, 4:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Washington | 34 min |
| Aug 20, 5:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Washington | 34 min |
| Aug 20, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Putnam | 37 min |
| Aug 20, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 35 min |
| Aug 20, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 35 min |
| Aug 20, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris | 33 min |
| Aug 20, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones | 35 min |
| Aug 20, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock | 33 min |
| Aug 20, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb | 17 min |
| Aug 20, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Douglas, Fulton | 35 min |
| Aug 20, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs | 33 min |
| Aug 20, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris | 33 min |
| Aug 20, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb | 34 min |
| Aug 20, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkinson | 36 min |
| Aug 20, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs | 37 min |
| Aug 20, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Madison | 34 min |
| Aug 20, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson, Johnson | 34 min |
| Aug 20, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jackson | 33 min |
| Aug 20, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 52 min |
| Aug 20, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Peach | 33 min |
| Aug 20, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper | 35 min |
| Aug 20, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley | 32 min |
| Aug 20, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston | 19 min |
| Aug 20, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper | 33 min |
| Aug 20, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge | 35 min |
| Aug 20, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke | 34 min |
| Aug 20, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe | 33 min |
| Aug 20, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Putnam | 37 min |
| Aug 20, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe | 19 min |
| Aug 20, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly | 32 min |
| Aug 20, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilcox | 35 min |
| Aug 20, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke | 34 min |
| Aug 20, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jackson | 18 min |
| Aug 20, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Wheeler | 36 min |
| Aug 20, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Madison | 18 min |
| Aug 20, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair | 34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.