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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 120, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 28, 1990Lamar County, Upson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 1990, 4:00 PM EDT for Lamar County, Upson County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 28, 1990, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 1990, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Lamar County, GA, Upson 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 138 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 282002
SVRATL
GAC171-293-282045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA  GA
400 PM EDT SAT APR 28 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA  HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...LAMAR COUNTY...EASTERN UPSON COUNTY
 
AT 402 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN FROM NEAR BARNESVILLE TO
JUST EAST OF THOMASTON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. HAIL HAS BEEN
INDICATED IN THESE STORMS.
 
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

Local storm report, Apr 28, 3:21 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
3PM SAT APR 28, 1990

COUNTY........ WALTON

SOURCE........ PUBLIC

TIME.......... 316 PM  EDT

LOCATION...... WALTON  COUNTY

TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM

HAIL.......... NICKLE HAIL

DAMAGE........

INJURIES...... NONE KNOWN

Local storm report, Apr 28, 3:23 PM EDT, 37 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
3PM SAT APR 28, 1990

COUNTY........ CLARKE

SOURCE........ SHF

TIME.......... 322 PM  EDT

LOCATION......  CLARKE COUNTY....BOGART GA

TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM

HAIL.......... MARBLE HAIL

DAMAGE........

INJURIES...... NONE KNOWN

Local storm report, Apr 28, 3:24 PM EDT, 36 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
3PM SAT APR 28, 1990

COUNTY........ BARROW

SOURCE........ HAM RADIO

TIME.......... 323 PM  EDT

LOCATION......  BARROW COUNTY....STATAM GA

TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM

HAIL.......... MARBLE HAIL

DAMAGE........

INJURIES...... NONE KNOWN

Local storm report, Apr 28, 3:41 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
330PM SAT APR 28, 1990

COUNTY........ WHITE

SOURCE........ HAM RADIO

TIME.......... 323 PM  EDT

LOCATION...... NORTHEAST OF CLEVELAND GA

TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM

HAIL.......... MARBLE HAIL

DAMAGE........TREES DOWN

INJURIES...... NONE KNOWN

Local storm report, Apr 28, 3:48 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
330PM SAT APR 28, 1990

COUNTY........ CLARKE

SOURCE........ WX PERSON

TIME.......... 345 PM  EDT

LOCATION...... SAXTON WOODS IN ATHENS,GA

TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM

HAIL.......... DIME   HAIL

INJURIES...... NONE KNOWN

Local storm report, Apr 28, 3:50 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
350PM SAT APR 28, 1990

COUNTY........ JACKSON

SOURCE........ PUBLIC

TIME.......... 345 PM EDT

LOCATION...... 7 NORTHWEST OF AHN IN JACKSON COUNTY NEAR HWY 129

TYPE STORM.... THUNDERSTORM

HAIL.......... MARBLE SIZE

DAMAGE........

INJURIES...... NONE KNOWN

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, 3:01 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	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

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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.