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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 27, 1999Crawford County, Peach County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 1999, 3:59 PM EDT for Crawford County, Peach County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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 27, 1999, 3:59 PM EDT (19:59 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 1999, 4:35 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Crawford County, GA, Peach County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 1999-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 23 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 1999-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

999 
WUUS1 KATL 271958 RRA
SVRATL
GAC079-225-272035-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
359 PM EDT TUE APR 27 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  PEACH COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 435 PM EDT

* AT 358 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  4 MILES WEST OF POWERSVILLE... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
   MIAMI VALLEY                AROUND 400 PM EDT
   POWERSVILLE                 AROUND 405 PM EDT
   BYRON                       AROUND 415 PM EDT

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, 2 hours 59 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, 2 hours 59 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Marion, Talbot48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.