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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 7, 1999Paulding County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at May 7, 1999, 4:51 PM EDT for Paulding County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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: May 7, 1999, 4:51 PM EDT (20:51 UTC)
Expired: May 7, 1999, 5:25 PM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

County Paulding County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 7, 5:10 PM EDT	Hail 0.75	Dallas, GA	The public reported dime size hail.

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 7, 3:15 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 70 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 362 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 564 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 072051 RRA
TORATL
GAC223-072125-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
451 PM EDT FRI MAY 7 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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, May 7, 1:25 PM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
091>098-103>113-071825-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
125 PM EDT FRI MAY 7 1999

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTH THIRD OF
GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

MOIST UNSTABLE AIR REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON.
A SERIES OF UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS GEORGIA FROM THE
SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. MEANWHILE...A WEAK COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST FROM NORTHWEST GEORGIA TO NEAR CENTRAL GEORGIA
TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL SERVE TO FURTHER ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO
DEVELOPING WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AND BE PREPARED FOR
POSSIBLE ACTIVATION.

Special weather statement, May 7, 1:25 PM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
091>098-103>113-071825-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
125 PM EDT FRI MAY 7 1999

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTH THIRD OF
GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

MOIST UNSTABLE AIR REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON.
A SERIES OF UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS GEORGIA FROM THE
SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. MEANWHILE...A WEAK COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST FROM NORTHWEST GEORGIA TO NEAR CENTRAL GEORGIA
TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL SERVE TO FURTHER ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO
DEVELOPING WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AND BE PREPARED FOR
POSSIBLE ACTIVATION.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 6, 9:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Marion	20 min
May 7, 4:23 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Troup	32 min
May 7, 2:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll	36 min
May 7, 2:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gilmer	35 min
May 7, 3:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fannin, Union	30 min
May 7, 3:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Carroll	13 min
May 7, 4:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Carroll, Haralson	30 min
May 7, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Towns	34 min
May 7, 4:17 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Paulding	33 min
May 7, 4:33 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Carroll, Haralson	32 min
May 7, 4:34 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Cobb	36 min
May 7, 4:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Troup	33 min
May 7, 5:00 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Cherokee	35 min
May 7, 5:03 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Carroll	32 min
May 7, 5:19 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Gordon, Pickens	36 min
May 7, 5:22 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Cobb, Paulding	33 min
May 7, 5:41 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Cherokee	49 min
May 7, 5:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll	47 min
May 7, 5:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Haralson	33 min
May 7, 6:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Troup	33 min
May 7, 6:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Heard	35 min
May 7, 6:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Lumpkin	32 min
May 7, 6:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Coweta	37 min
May 7, 6:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dawson	34 min
May 7, 6:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Towns, Union	50 min
May 7, 6:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Douglas, Paulding	31 min
May 7, 6:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cobb, Fulton	48 min
May 7, 6:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Meriwether	36 min
May 7, 7:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Troup	50 min
May 7, 7:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Lumpkin, White	51 min
May 7, 7:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Douglas	34 min
May 7, 7:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cobb, Fulton	35 min
May 7, 7:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Troup	31 min
May 7, 7:53 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Meriwether, Troup	47 min

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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.