Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1999, 12:00 PM EDT for Laurens County, Treutlen 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
- Apr 15, 1999, 12:00 PM EDT (16:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1999, 12:35 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Laurens County, GA, Treutlen County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 12:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Lothair, GA | |
| Apr 15, 12:15 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Lothair, GA | The Treutlen county EMA reported 4 trees knocked down in Lothair and 7 in Soperton. He also reported mothball to golf ball size hail. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 7:30 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 481 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 401 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 630 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 151601 SVRATL GAC175-283-151635- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1200 PM EDT THU APR 15 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LAURENS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA TREUTLEN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 1235 PM EDT * AT 1159 AM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR 7 MILES WEST OF LOTHAIR... MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... ROCKLEDGE AROUND 1205 PM EDT LOTHAIR AROUND 1205 PM EDT SOPERTON AROUND 1210 PM EDT ZAIDEE AROUND 1215 PM EDT A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT IN OR NEAR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. BE ALERT...BUT REMAIN CALM. IF YOU SEE DAMAGE OR LA RGE 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
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 11:06 AM EDT, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1106 AM EDT THU APR 15 1999 GAZ080-091-092-103-151530- MARION-SCHLEY-TAYLOR-WEBSTER- 1106 AM EDT THU APR 15 1999 THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. TAYLOR...MARION...SCHLEY...WEBSTER THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED EAST. GAZ083-085-086-093>098-104>113-151530- BLECKLEY-CRISP-DODGE-DOOLY-EMANUEL-HOUSTON-JOHNSON-LAURENS-MACON- MONTGOMERY-PEACH-PULASKI-SUMTER-TELFAIR-TOOMBS-TREUTLEN-TWIGGS- WHEELER-WILCOX- 1106 AM EDT THU APR 15 1999 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL GEORGIA. PEACH...HOUSTON...TWIGGS...LAURENS...JOHNSON...EMANUEL...MACON... BLECKLEY...LAURENS...TREUTLEN...SUMTER...DOOLY...CRISP...PULASKI... WILCOX...DODGE...TELFAIR...WHEELER...MONTGOMERY...AND TOOMBS.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 11:06 AM EDT, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1106 AM EDT THU APR 15 1999 GAZ080-091-092-103-151530- MARION-SCHLEY-TAYLOR-WEBSTER- 1106 AM EDT THU APR 15 1999 THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. TAYLOR...MARION...SCHLEY...WEBSTER THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED EAST. GAZ083-085-086-093>098-104>113-151530- BLECKLEY-CRISP-DODGE-DOOLY-EMANUEL-HOUSTON-JOHNSON-LAURENS-MACON- MONTGOMERY-PEACH-PULASKI-SUMTER-TELFAIR-TOOMBS-TREUTLEN-TWIGGS- WHEELER-WILCOX- 1106 AM EDT THU APR 15 1999 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL GEORGIA. PEACH...HOUSTON...TWIGGS...LAURENS...JOHNSON...EMANUEL...MACON... BLECKLEY...LAURENS...TREUTLEN...SUMTER...DOOLY...CRISP...PULASKI... WILCOX...DODGE...TELFAIR...WHEELER...MONTGOMERY...AND TOOMBS.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 11:56 AM EDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1156 AM EDT THU APR 15 1999 GAZ083-085-093>097-104>109-151630- BLECKLEY-CRISP-DODGE-DOOLY-HOUSTON-JOHNSON-LAURENS-MACON-PEACH- PULASKI-SUMTER-TWIGGS-WILCOX- 1156 AM EDT THU APR 15 1999 THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL GEORGIA. PEACH...MACON...SUMTER...HOUSTON...DOOLY...CRISP...TWIGGS...BLECKLEY ...PULASKI...WILCOX...JOHNSON...LAURENS...AND DODGE. THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED EAST. GAZ086-098-110>113-151630- EMANUEL-MONTGOMERY-TELFAIR-TOOMBS-TREUTLEN-WHEELER- 1156 AM EDT THU APR 15 1999 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA. EMANUEL...TREUTLEN...TELFAIR...WHEELER...MONTGOMERY...AND TOOMBS.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 11:56 AM EDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1156 AM EDT THU APR 15 1999 GAZ083-085-093>097-104>109-151630- BLECKLEY-CRISP-DODGE-DOOLY-HOUSTON-JOHNSON-LAURENS-MACON-PEACH- PULASKI-SUMTER-TWIGGS-WILCOX- 1156 AM EDT THU APR 15 1999 THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL GEORGIA. PEACH...MACON...SUMTER...HOUSTON...DOOLY...CRISP...TWIGGS...BLECKLEY ...PULASKI...WILCOX...JOHNSON...LAURENS...AND DODGE. THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED EAST. GAZ086-098-110>113-151630- EMANUEL-MONTGOMERY-TELFAIR-TOOMBS-TREUTLEN-WHEELER- 1156 AM EDT THU APR 15 1999 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA. EMANUEL...TREUTLEN...TELFAIR...WHEELER...MONTGOMERY...AND TOOMBS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 6:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 32 min |
| Apr 15, 7:55 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Marion, Webster | 50 min |
| Apr 15, 8:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Schley, Taylor | 45 min |
| Apr 15, 9:09 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Webster | 31 min |
| Apr 15, 9:44 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Sumter | 36 min |
| Apr 15, 10:10 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dooly | 35 min |
| Apr 15, 10:48 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Pulaski, Wilcox | 32 min |
| Apr 15, 11:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge | 32 min |
| Apr 15, 12:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery | 18 min |
| Apr 15, 12:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Toombs | 21 min |
| Apr 15, 1:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dodge | 33 min |
| Apr 15, 1:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 29 min |
| Apr 15, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Treutlen | 31 min |
| Apr 15, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 18 min |
| Apr 15, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Warren | 30 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.