Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 1999, 2:17 PM EDT for Harris County, Marion County, Talbot County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 min. 2 reports 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
- Apr 27, 1999, 2:17 PM EDT (18:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 1999, 3:05 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Harris County, GA, Marion County, GA, Talbot County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 2:25 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Waverly Hall, GA | Harris county 911 reported thunderstorm winds knocked a couple of trees down on highway 315. |
| Apr 27, 3:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Talbotton, GA | Talbot county 911 reported a tree and power lines down due to thunderstorm winds. |
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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -228 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1180 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
999 WUUS1 KATL 271815 RRA SVRATL GAC145-197-263-271905- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 217 PM EDT TUE APR 27 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HARRIS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA MARION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA TALBOT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 305 PM EDT * AT 224 PM EDT... A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR FROM OPELIKA, ALABAMA TO COLUMBUS, GEORGIA TO LUMPKIN, GEORGIA IN STEWART COUNTY. THE LINE WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... HAMILTON...TALBOTTON...BUENA VISTA 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.
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 27, 1:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-272100- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 100 PM EDT TUE APR 27 1999 THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR ACROSS GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...PRODUCING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON...CONTINUING INTO THIS EVENING. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON.
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 1:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-272100- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 100 PM EDT TUE APR 27 1999 THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR ACROSS GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...PRODUCING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON...CONTINUING INTO THIS EVENING. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Peach | 36 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.