Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 1999
Tornado Warning 24, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at May 13, 1999, 5:08 PM EDT for Butts County, Spalding County, Georgia. It was in force for 17 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
- May 13, 1999, 5:08 PM EDT (21:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1999, 5:25 PM EDT
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Butts County, GA, Spalding County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 5:15 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Jenkinsburg, GA | The public reported quarter size hail. |
| May 13, 5:28 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Jackson, GA | There were numerous reports from the public of hail, ranging from quarter to bigger than golfball size. |
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 13, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 248 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
- 904 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 590 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
999
WFUS1 KATL 132107 RRA
TORATL
GAC035-255-132125-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
508 PM EDT THU MAY 13 1999
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN BUTTS COUNTY
EASTERN SPALDING COUNTY
* UNTIL 525 PM EDT
* AT 507 PM ... A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR 6
MILES SOUTHWEST OF JENKINSBURG... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE...
JENKINSBURG AROUND 525 PM
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. 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.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 13, 4:50 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>073-075-078-079- 132200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 450 PM EDT THU MAY 13 1999 STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. CLUSTERS OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM BANKS COUNTY...TO ATLANTA...TO FRANKLIN...WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE THROUGH NEWNAN...COVINGTON...AND JUST TO THE NORTH OF ATHENS BETWEEN 500 PM AND 600 PM. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE SCATTERED BETWEEN ATLANTA AND CEDARTOWN... AND ALSO JUST TO THE NORTH OF COLUMBUS. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO MOVE EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH...AND WILL LIKELY CONTAIN HAIL AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. IF THE WEATHER LOOKS THREATENING...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 770-486-1133 AT EXTENSION 2 0 4.
Special weather statement, May 13, 4:50 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>073-075-078-079- 132200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 450 PM EDT THU MAY 13 1999 STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. CLUSTERS OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM BANKS COUNTY...TO ATLANTA...TO FRANKLIN...WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE THROUGH NEWNAN...COVINGTON...AND JUST TO THE NORTH OF ATHENS BETWEEN 500 PM AND 600 PM. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE SCATTERED BETWEEN ATLANTA AND CEDARTOWN... AND ALSO JUST TO THE NORTH OF COLUMBUS. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO MOVE EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH...AND WILL LIKELY CONTAIN HAIL AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. IF THE WEATHER LOOKS THREATENING...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 12:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Fannin | 20 min |
| May 13, 1:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 32 min |
| May 13, 1:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Gordon | 47 min |
| May 13, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 47 min |
| May 13, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 34 min |
| May 13, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 47 min |
| May 13, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Polk | 50 min |
| May 13, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 34 min |
| May 13, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 34 min |
| May 13, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Heard | 34 min |
| May 13, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson | 34 min |
| May 13, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 36 min |
| May 13, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Paulding | 51 min |
| May 13, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Washington | 48 min |
| May 13, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Douglas | 49 min |
| May 13, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth | 48 min |
| May 13, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 47 min |
| May 13, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 48 min |
| May 13, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 49 min |
| May 13, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb | 48 min |
| May 13, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fayette | 48 min |
| May 13, 4:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Hall | 32 min |
| May 13, 4:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta | 19 min |
| May 13, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 33 min |
| May 13, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry, Rockdale | 31 min |
| May 13, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Madison | 35 min |
| May 13, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Spalding | 34 min |
| May 13, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 33 min |
| May 13, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Jackson | 17 min |
| May 13, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 34 min |
| May 13, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper | 33 min |
| May 13, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Madison, Oglethorpe | 18 min |
| May 13, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Henry, Spalding | 37 min |
| May 13, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pike | 33 min |
| May 13, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper | 33 min |
| May 13, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar | 36 min |
| May 13, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Putnam | 34 min |
| May 13, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Monroe | 32 min |
| May 13, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pike, Upson | 36 min |
| May 13, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones | 34 min |
| May 13, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa | 33 min |
| May 13, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gordon | 35 min |
| May 13, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Webster | 36 min |
| May 13, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Murray | 34 min |
| May 13, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 34 min |
| May 13, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Sumter | 51 min |
| May 13, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp | 36 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.