Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Apr 24, 1999, 4:19 PM EDT (20:19 UTC)

Expired

Apr 24, 1999, 4:55 PM EDT

In force

36 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Dooly County, GA, Houston County, GA

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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WUUS1 KATL 242020 RRA
SVRATL
GAC093-153-242055-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
419 PM EDT SAT APR 24 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN DOOLY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 455 PM EDT

* AT 418 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  3 MILES NORTHWEST OF UNADILLA... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
   ELKO                        AROUND 430 PM EDT
   UNADILLA                    AROUND 430 PM EDT
   GROVANIA                    AROUND 435 PM EDT
   PINEHURST                   AROUND 435 PM EDT

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.

In the hours before

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
091>098-103>113-242030-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1200 PM EDT SAT APR 24 1999

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING OVER THAT PORTION OF NORTH AND CENTRAL SOUTH OF A CEDARTOWN
TO ATLANTA TO SPARTA TO LOUISVILLE.

THE STORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND SOUTH OF A SURFACE BOUNDARY ACROSS
NORTH GEORGIA. AN UPPER AIR SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE AND
REINFORCE THE STORMS THAT MAY DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON HEATING. THE
MAIN THREAT FROM THE STORMS WILL BE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY. SPOTTERS AND EMA OFFICIALS
SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT.

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
091>098-103>113-242030-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1200 PM EDT SAT APR 24 1999

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING OVER THAT PORTION OF NORTH AND CENTRAL SOUTH OF A CEDARTOWN
TO ATLANTA TO SPARTA TO LOUISVILLE.

THE STORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND SOUTH OF A SURFACE BOUNDARY ACROSS
NORTH GEORGIA. AN UPPER AIR SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE AND
REINFORCE THE STORMS THAT MAY DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON HEATING. THE
MAIN THREAT FROM THE STORMS WILL BE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY. SPOTTERS AND EMA OFFICIALS
SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.