Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 1990, 3:01 PM EDT for Hall County, Georgia. It was in force for 59 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
- Apr 28, 1990, 3:01 PM EDT (19:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 1990, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hall County, GA
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 4:05 PM EDT | Hail 0.88 | Hall, GA |
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. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 63 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 KAHN 281902 SVRAHN GAC139-281-311-282000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 301 PM EDT SAT APR 28 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...HALL COUNTY...TOWNS COUNTY...WHITE COUNTY TREES DOWN IN DAWSON COUNTY WITH HEAVY RAIN AND PEA SIZE HAIL THE PAST HOUR. THIS LINE OF STORMS MOVING EASTWARD INTO HALL WHITE AND TOWNS COUNTIES AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LmITTLE 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, 2:07 PM EDT, 54 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.
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 2:30 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
GAZ002-004-281930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 230 PM EDT SAT APR 28 1990 LINE TO THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOVING TOWARD THE AREA AT 30 MILES AND HOUR CONTINUES TO BECOME STRONGER. THIS MEANS THAT THE LIKELYHOOD OF WARNINGS BEING ISSUED FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA IS GREAT. WARNINGS ARE LIKELY TO BE NEEDED FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA DURING THE HOUR. ALSO A NEW AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IS BREAKING OUT AHEAD OF THE LINE TO THE SOUTHWEST OF ATHENS...ABOUT 30 MILES OUT AT THIS TIME AND THIS WILL HAVE TO BE WATCH CLOSELY.. REMEMBER AT TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUST OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA INCLUDING COVINGTON GAINESVILLE AND TOCCOA /AND POINTS NORTH OF THERE. PREPARE NOW TO SEEK SHELTER FROM THIS ADVANCING LINE OF SEVERE STORMS.
Local storm report, Apr 28, 2:31 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA, GA 245 PM EDT SAT APR 28 1990 COUNTY...... FAYETTE COUNTY SOURCE...... EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TIME........ ABOUT 228 PM EDT LOCATION.... FAYETTEVILL.E TYPE STORM.. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE/TREES.. NO DAMAGE REPORTED. HAIL........ GOLFBALL SIZED WITH SOME SMALLER HAIL INJURIES.... NONE DEATHS...... NONE COSTS....... UNKNOWN
Local storm report, Apr 28, 2:31 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT... CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA, GA 230 PM EDT SAT APR 28 1990 COUNTY...... FAYETTE COUNTY SOURCE...... EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TIME........ ABOUT 228 PM EDT LOCATIO2N.... FAYETTEVILLE TYPE STORM.. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE/TREES.. NO DAMAGE REPORTED. HAIL........ GOLFBALL SIZED WITH SOME SMALLER HAIL INJURIES.... NONE DEATHS...... NONE COSTS....... UNKNOWN
Local storm report, Apr 28, 2:33 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA, GA 232 PM EDT SAT APR 28 1990 COUNTY...... CLAYTON COUNTY SOURCE...... PUBLIC TIME........ ABOUT 206 PM EDT LOCATION.... 3S JONESBORO TYPE STORM.4. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE/TREES.. NO DAMAGE REPORTED. HAIL........ MOSTLY MARBLE-SIZED INJURIES.... NONE DEATHS...... NONE COSTS....... UNKNOWN
Local storm report, Apr 28, 2:40 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA, GA 238 PM EDT SAT APR 28 1990 COUNTY...... CLAYTON COUNTY SOURCE...... NWS PERSONNEL TIME........ ABOUT 235 PM EDT LOCATION.... 4SW JONESBORO TYPFE STORM.. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE/TREES.. NO DAMAGE REPORTED. HAIL........ 1/2 INCH HAIL INJURIES.... NONE DEATHS...... NONE COSTS....... UNKNOWN
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, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Troup | 47 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, 3:08 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.