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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 7, 1999Gordon County, Pickens County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at May 7, 1999, 5:19 PM EDT for Gordon County, Pickens 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
May 7, 1999, 5:19 PM EDT (21:19 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 1999, 5:55 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Gordon County, GA, Pickens County, GA

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 7, 3:15 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 1999-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 362 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 1999-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 072119 RRA
TORATL
GAC129-227-072155-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  GORDON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA
  PICKENS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 555 PM EDT

* AT 518 PM EDT... A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR  7
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLAINE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE...
    BLAINE                      AROUND 525 PM EDT
    TALKING ROCK                AROUND 530 PM EDT
    JASPER                      AROUND 530 PM EDT

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SIZTUATION. MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO A SHELTER
BELOW GROUND...OR TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.
AVOID WINDOWS. 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
May 6, 9:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion20 min
May 7, 4:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup32 min
May 7, 2:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll36 min
May 7, 2:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGilmer35 min
May 7, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Union30 min
May 7, 3:42 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCarroll13 min
May 7, 4:05 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCarroll, Haralson30 min
May 7, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTowns34 min
May 7, 4:17 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCPaulding33 min
May 7, 4:33 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCarroll, Haralson32 min
May 7, 4:34 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCobb36 min
May 7, 4:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup33 min
May 7, 4:51 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCPaulding34 min
May 7, 5:00 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCherokee35 min
May 7, 5:03 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCarroll32 min
May 7, 5:22 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCobb, Paulding33 min
May 7, 5:41 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCherokee49 min
May 7, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll47 min
May 7, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson33 min
May 7, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup33 min
May 7, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard35 min
May 7, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLumpkin32 min
May 7, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Coweta37 min
May 7, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson34 min
May 7, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTowns, Union50 min
May 7, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas, Paulding31 min
May 7, 6:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Fulton48 min
May 7, 6:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether36 min
May 7, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup50 min
May 7, 7:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLumpkin, White51 min
May 7, 7:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas34 min
May 7, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Fulton35 min
May 7, 7:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup31 min
May 7, 7:53 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCMeriwether, Troup47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.