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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 670, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 23, 1999Jasper County, Putnam County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 1999, 11:28 PM EDT for Jasper County, Putnam County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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 23, 1999, 11:28 PM EDT (03:28 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 1999, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jasper County, GA, Putnam County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 1999-08-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 436 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 1999-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -19 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
436 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1472 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KATL 240328 RRA
SVRATL
GAC159-237-240400-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1128 PM EDT MON AUG 23 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA
  WESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT

* AT 1127 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  7 MILES NORTHEAST OF MONTICELLO OR 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  WILLARD... MOVING NORTH AT LESS THAN 5 MPH.

* THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER RURAL AREAS.

DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING
ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVEREj 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 23, 10:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1015 PM EDT MON AUG 23 1999

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

315 PM     3.5W CALHOUN              GA   WIND DAMAGE
08/23/99   GORDON                         2-3FT DIAMETER TREE
                                          DOWN ON A POWER LINE
                                          ON DEWS POND RD.

315 PM     CALHOUN                   GA   WIND DAMAGE
08/23/99   GORDON                         2 TREES BLOWN DOWN
                                          ON POWER LINES.

330 PM     DALTON                    GA   WIND DAMAGE
08/23/99   WHITFIELD                      WIND BLEW INSULATOR OFF
                                          POWER LINE AND ALSO BLEW
                                          DOWN A POLE KNOCKING THE
                                          ENTIRE LINE OUT.

445 PM     THOMAS CROSSROADS         GA   58 MPH TSTM GUST
08/23/99   COWETA                         OFF DUTY HYDROLOGIST
                                          RECORDED G50KT WITH
                                          HAND-HELD ANEMOMETER.

600 PM     ALPHARETTA                GA   WIND DAMAGE
08/23/99   FULTON                         10 LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN
                                          AT A SINGLE RESIDENCE.

610 PM     RINGGOLD                  GA   WIND DAMAGE
08/23/99   CATTOOSA                       TREE DOWN ON A POWER LINE
                                          AND ANOTHER TREE DOWN ON
                                          A HOUSE.
Local storm report, Aug 23, 10:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1015 PM EDT MON AUG 23 1999

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

315 PM     3.5W CALHOUN              GA   WIND DAMAGE
08/23/99   GORDON                         2-3FT DIAMETER TREE
                                          DOWN ON A POWER LINE
                                          ON DEWS POND RD.

315 PM     CALHOUN                   GA   WIND DAMAGE
08/23/99   GORDON                         2 TREES BLOWN DOWN
                                          ON POWER LINES.

330 PM     DALTON                    GA   WIND DAMAGE
08/23/99   WHITFIELD                      WIND BLEW INSULATOR OFF
                                          POWER LINE AND ALSO BLEW
                                          DOWN A POLE KNOCKING THE
                                          ENTIRE LINE OUT.

445 PM     THOMAS CROSSROADS         GA   58 MPH TSTM GUST
08/23/99   COWETA                         OFF DUTY HYDROLOGIST
                                          RECORDED G50KT WITH
                                          HAND-HELD ANEMOMETER.

600 PM     ALPHARETTA                GA   WIND DAMAGE
08/23/99   FULTON                         10 LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN
                                          AT A SINGLE RESIDENCE.

610 PM     RINGGOLD                  GA   WIND DAMAGE
08/23/99   CATTOOSA                       TREE DOWN ON A POWER LINE
                                          AND ANOTHER TREE DOWN ON
                                          A HOUSE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 24, 12:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton32 min
Aug 24, 12:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Morgan32 min
Aug 24, 4:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether32 min
Aug 24, 4:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon, Taylor34 min
Aug 24, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel20 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.