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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 16, 1999Wilkes County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 1999, 5:37 PM EDT for Wilkes County, Georgia. It was in force for 18 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
Jun 16, 1999, 5:37 PM EDT (21:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1999, 5:55 PM EDT
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Wilkes County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 1999-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 296 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 1999-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 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
296 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
741 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

857 
WFUS1 KATL 162136 RRA
TORATL
GAC317-162155-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
537 PM EDT WED JUN 16 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WILKES COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 555 PM EDT

* AT 536 PM EDT... A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR  2
  MILES NORTH OF TYRONE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THIS TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER RURAL AREAS.

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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Putnam45 min
Jun 16, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOglethorpe, Taliaferro, Wilkes32 min
Jun 16, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene32 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.