Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Feb 10, 1990, 4:55 AM EST (09:55 UTC)

Expired

Feb 10, 1990, 6:00 AM EST

In force

65 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Whole counties

County Carroll County, GA

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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.

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GAC045-143-149-233-285-101100-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING                         CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
455 AM EST SAT FEB 10 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
          ...CARROLL...HARALSON...HEARD...POLK
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
          ...TROUP

AT 5 AM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL ALABAMA TO NORTH
GEORGIA. WIDESPREAD DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN MANY SECTIONS OF
ALABAMA ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORMS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ABOUT TO
ENTER THESE COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 45 MPH.
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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 CONgDITIONS.

In the hours before

GAZ001>008-101015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
430 AM EST SAT FEB 10 1990

AT 405 AM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS SHOWN FROM BLAIRSVILLE IN UNION
COUNTY TO JASPER IN PICKNENS COUNTY TO CEDARTOWN IN POLK COUNTY TO
BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA. THIS LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALSO SHOWN FROM WATKINSVILLE IN OCONEE
COUNTY TO THOMASTON IN UPSON COUNTY TO CUSSOTA IN CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY.

RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER GEORGIA DURING THE
MORNING HOURS. PEOPLE THROUGHOUT NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD STAY
ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE APPROPIATE
ACTIONS IF NECESSARY.

BDL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
445 AM EST SAT FEB 10 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 10 AM EST FOR ALL COUNTIES
OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMIAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH GEORGIA TODAY...

AT 440 AM EST THE ATHENS RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WITH HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM NEAR BLAIRSVILLE TO CEDARTOWN. THE
LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE STORMS WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. ALSO...ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
WAS INDICATED FROM NEAR MADISON TO EAST OF COLUMBUS. THIS LINE ALSO WAS
MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST GEORGIA
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER AS THUNDERSTORMS
APPROACH.

ELSEWHERE RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL ALABAMA
...ACROSS GEORGIA INTO EAST TENNESSEE AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN? HOUR.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990

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.