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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 681, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 25, 1999Greene County, Morgan County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 1999, 6:30 PM EDT for Greene County, Morgan County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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 25, 1999, 6:30 PM EDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 1999, 7:05 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Greene County, GA, Morgan County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 25, 6:40 PM EDTHail 1.75Madison, GAA spotter reported golf ball size hail from 6:25 pm to 6:40 pm EDT.

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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 1999-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 541 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 1999-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 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
541 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

270 
WUUS52 KFFC 252233 RRA
SVRATL
GAC133-211-252305-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
630 PM EDT WED AUG 25 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GREENE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA
  MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 705 PM EDT

* AT 628 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  6 MILES WEST OF MADISON OR 1 MILE EAST OF CENTENNIAL...
  MOVING EAST AT 10 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 5:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup34 min
Aug 25, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton33 min
Aug 25, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan33 min
Aug 25, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Douglas36 min
Aug 25, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton19 min
Aug 25, 7:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb33 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.