Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 1990, 2:13 PM EDT for Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 28, 1990, 2:13 PM EDT (18:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 1990, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Troup County, GA
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 653 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 281815 SVRATL GAC285-281900- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 213 PM EDT SAT APR 28 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...TROUP COUNTY AT 213 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS SHOWN JUST EAST OF LAGRANGE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. HAIL HAS BEEN INDICATED IN THIS STORM. THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL TAKE IT INTO THE TOWN OF HOGANSVILLE BY 230 PM. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Apr 28, 12:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
GAZ001-002-003-004-005-281730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT.. CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 1230 PM EDT SAT APR 28 1990 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER PORTIONTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH. OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER EASTERN ALABAMA NEAR THE GEORGIA BORDER. GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL MAY DEVELOP NEAR THE STORMS. THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE...WILL DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF NORTH AND WEST GEORGIA AND EXTENDS INTO EAST AND SOUTH ALABAMA. THE TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST. THIS SITUATION WARRANTS CONSTANT MONITORING. BE ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS BVY STAYING TUNED TO LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 12:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
GAZ002-004-281740- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1643 PM EDT SAT APR 28 1990 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 174 IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING NORTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES UNTIL 6 PM EDT TODAY. BANKS...BARROW...HABERSHAM...HALL...JACKSON...LUMPKIN...NEWTON...RABUN... STEPHENS...TOWNS...UNION...WALTON...WHITE...DAWSON. AT 1240 PM EDT ATHENS RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN AND A FEW SHOWERS WERE INDICATED IN SOUTH CAROLINA FROM JUST EAST OF AUGUSTA NORTH TO NEAR ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA. MOVEMENT WAS TO TH^E NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 12:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
GAZ002-004-281740- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY. . .C O R R E C T I O N. . . NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1243 PM EDT SAT APR 28 1990 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 174 IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING NORTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES UNTIL 6 PM EDT TODAY. BANKS...BARROW...HABERSHAM...HALL...JACKSON...LUMPKIN...NEWTON...RABUN... STEPHENS...TOWNS...UNION...WALTON...WHITE...DAWSON. AT 1240 PM EDT ATHENS RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN AND A FEW SHOWERS WERE INDICATED IN SOUTH CAROLINA FROM JUST EAST OF AUGUSTA NORTH TO NEAR ASHEVILLE NORTnH CAROLINA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 1:40 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
GAZ002-004-281840- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 140 PM EDT SAT APR 28 1990 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 174 IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING NORTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES UNTIL 6 PM EDT TODAY. BANKS...BARROW...HABERSHAM...HALL...JACKSON...LUMPKIN...NEWTON...RABUN... STEPHENS...TOWNS...UNION...WALTON...WHITE...DAWSON. AT 135 PM EDT ATHENS RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM JUST EAST OF CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE SOUTH TO NEAR LAGRANGE GEORGIA. THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS LINE WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER WESTERN GEORGIA FROM DALTON TO COLUMBUS WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING WEST INTO EAST ALABAMA. MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN WAS LOCATED IN NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 1:54 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
GAZ005-008-ALZ012-281900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 153 PM EDT SAT APR 28 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF WEST GEORGIA AND EAST ALABAMA UNTIL 6 PM EDT TODAY... AT 150 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL LARGE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL ALABAMA...NEAR LAGRANGE AND WEST POINT GEORGIA...AUBURN AND TUSKEGEE ALABAMA. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED FROM NEAR BUENA VISTA GEORGIA SOUTH TO EUFAULA ALABAMA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PEOPLE THROUGHOUT WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND EAST ALABAMA SHOULD CONTINUE TO WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE LARGER THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO CONTAIN LARGE HAIL...AS WELL AS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. PLEASE CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR STAY TUNED TO OTHER LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 2:07 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
GAZ002-004-281915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 207 PM EDT SAT APR 28 1990 LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SOME SEVERE WAS FROM JUST NORTHEAST OF CHATSWORTH SOUTHWARD TO NEAR DOUGASVILLE AT 2 PM. LINE WAS MOVING EASTWARD AND WILL ENTER UNION , DAWSON, AND LUMPKIN COUNTIES WITHIN THE HOUR. THE EASTWARD MOVEMENT WILL CARRY THE LINE INTO HALL, WHITE, AND TOWNS COUNTIES WITHIN AND HOUR AND A HALF... ALL PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN VERY ALERT AS THESE STORMS APPROACH FROM THE WEST. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THOSE COUNTIES MENTION AND OTHERS UNTIL 6 PM.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 1:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 41 min |
| Apr 28, 1:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Douglas, Paulding | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 1:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gordon, Murray | 40 min |
| Apr 28, 1:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fulton | 47 min |
| Apr 28, 1:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer | 40 min |
| Apr 28, 1:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 53 min |
| Apr 28, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette | 53 min |
| Apr 28, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 51 min |
| Apr 28, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fulton | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 54 min |
| Apr 28, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin | 67 min |
| Apr 28, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Union | 67 min |
| Apr 28, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 52 min |
| Apr 28, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Towns, White | 59 min |
| Apr 28, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 59 min |
| Apr 28, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Henry, Spalding | 52 min |
| Apr 28, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fayette | 52 min |
| Apr 28, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Oconee, Walton | 63 min |
| Apr 28, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Peach | 66 min |
| Apr 28, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Madison, Oglethorpe | 61 min |
| Apr 28, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan | 61 min |
| Apr 28, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Habersham | 61 min |
| Apr 28, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pike | 54 min |
| Apr 28, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Upson | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 4:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Madison | 60 min |
| Apr 28, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs | 41 min |
| Apr 28, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Franklin, Stephens | 2 hr |
| Apr 28, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Elbert, Hart | 2 hr |
| Apr 28, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Monroe | 41 min |
| Apr 28, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkinson | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 62 min |
| Apr 28, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Washington | 60 min |
| Apr 28, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs, Wilkinson | 67 min |
| Apr 28, 5:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Washington | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley | 41 min |
| Apr 28, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pulaski | 60 min |
| Apr 28, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Burke, Jefferson | 55 min |
| Apr 28, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 62 min |
| Apr 28, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Treutlen | 64 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990
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.