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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 28, 1999Monroe County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 1999, 4:51 PM EDT for Monroe County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 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
Apr 28, 1999, 4:51 PM EDT (20:51 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 1999, 5:40 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Monroe County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 28, 5:15 PM EDTHail 1Forsyth, GAThe public reported quarter size hail on I-75.

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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 67 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 1999-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 20 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 1999-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1199 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

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

999 
WUUS1 KATL 282050 RRA
SVRATL
GAC207-282140-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
451 PM EDT WED APR 28 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MONROE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 540 PM EDT

* AT 449 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SMARR... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
   SMARR                       AROUND 515 PM EDT
   RUSSELLVILLE                AROUND 515 PM EDT
   DAMES FERRY                 AROUND 535 PM EDT
   BOLINGBROKE                 AROUND 535 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 3:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSpalding51 min
Apr 28, 3:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCUpson48 min
Apr 28, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford51 min
Apr 28, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaylor48 min
Apr 28, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford34 min
Apr 28, 6:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston34 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.