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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 673, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 24, 1999Meriwether County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 1999, 4:08 PM EDT for Meriwether 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 24, 1999, 4:08 PM EDT (20:08 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 1999, 4:40 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Meriwether County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 24, 4:15 PM EDTThunderstorm WindDurand, GAThe public reported 2 large limbs off a pecan tree in Durand and a tree down on highway 27.

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 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 41 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 12:00Z on 1999-08-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 636 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 12:00Z on 1999-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 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
636 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
872 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 242008 RRA
SVRATL
GAC199-242040-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
408 PM EDT TUE AUG 24 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MERIWETHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 440 PM EDT

* AT 407 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  9 MILES SOUTH OF GREENVILLE OR 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  RALEIGH... MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
  RALEIGH...
  MANCHESTER...
  WOODBURY...
  CHALYBEATE SPRINGS...

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 23, 11:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Putnam32 min
Aug 24, 12:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton32 min
Aug 24, 12:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Morgan32 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.