Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1999, 4:40 PM EDT for Glascock County, Warren County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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
- Apr 15, 1999, 4:40 PM EDT (20:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1999, 5:10 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Glascock County, GA, Warren County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 152040 RRA SVRATL GAC125-301-152110- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 440 PM EDT THU APR 15 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... GLASCOCK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 510 PM EDT * AT 434 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR 7 MILES WEST OF BASTONVILLE... MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... GIBSON AROUND 445 PM EDT BASTONVILLE AROUND 445 PM EDT DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGH>TNING 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
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 11:06 AM EDT, 5 hours 34 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, 5 hours 34 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 hours 44 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 hours 44 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.
Local storm report, Apr 15, 12:39 PM EDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1221 AM EDT THU APR 15 1999
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1044 AM VIENNA GA TORNADO
04/15/99 DOOLY COUNTY EMA DIRECTOR REPORTS
CONFIRMED TORNADO WITH
INJURIES (NUMBER UNKNOWN)
ALSO PEOPLE TRAPPED IN
RUBBLE
953 AM ANDERSONVILLE GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/15/99 SUMTER SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED
QUARTER SIZE HAIL
953 AM AMERICUS GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/15/99 SUMTER PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER SIZE
HAIL IN AMERICUS
1000 AM AMERICUS GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/15/99 SUMTER PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER SIZE
HAIL AT GEORGIA SOUTHWESTERN
CAMPUS
1000 AM AMERICUS GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/15/99 SUMTER PUBLIC REPORTED GOLFBALL
j SIZE HAIL SOUTHWEST OF
AMERICUSThe 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, 12:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens, Treutlen | 35 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 |
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.