Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 136, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 1990, 8:10 PM EDT for Wheeler County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 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, 8:10 PM EDT (00:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 1990, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wheeler 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, 8:45 PM EDT | Hail 0.88 | Wheeler, 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
Jacksonville, FL (KAYS), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 959 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 838 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 5.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMCN 290010
SVRMCN
GAC309-290100-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
810 PM EDT APR 28 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
...WHEELER
AT 805 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SOUTHWEST OF ALAMO
IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF WHEELER COUNTY. IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 30 MPH TOWARD ALAMO.
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.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A ST+RONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.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, 5:08 PM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 505PM SAT APR 28, 1990 COUNTY........ HART SOURCE........ SHF TIME.......... 450PM EDTT LOCATION...... HART STATE PARK TYPE STORM.... SEVERE] THUNDERSTORM PSBL TORNADO HAIL.......... MARBLE SIZE COVERING GROUND DAMAGE........ TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN INJURIES......UNKNOW
Local storm report, Apr 28, 5:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 515PM SAT APR 28, 1990 COUNTY........ ELBERT SOURCE........ SHF TIME.......... 515PM EDT LOCATION...... CITY OF ELBERTON TYPE STORM.... SEVErRE THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... MARBLE SIZE COVERING GROUND DAMAGE........ UNKNOWN INJURIES......UNKNOW
Local storm report, Apr 28, 5:36 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 535 PM EDT SAT APR 28 1990 COUNTY........ MADISON SOURCE........ PUBLIC TIME.......... 500PM EDT LOCATION...... BETWEEN ILA AND NEECE TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... PEA TO MARBLE SIZE COVERING GROUND DAMAGE........UNKNOWN INJURIES......UNKNOWN
Local storm report, Apr 28, 5:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 540 PM EDT SAT APR 28 1990 COUNTY........ HABERAHAM SOURCE........ CD TIME.......... 400PM EDT LOCATION...... 5 W CLARKSVILLE TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... PEA TO MARBLE SIZE DAMAGE........ A CABINET SHOP DESTROYED BY LIGHTNING INJURIES......UNKNOWN
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 6:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
GAZ008-011-012-290030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 650 PM CDT SAT APR 28 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 177 CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 9 PM EDT... AT 648 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR AT COLUMBUS INDICATED A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSHOWERS IN THE FITZGERALD AND OCILLA GEORGIA AREAS...ALSO IN THE DONALSONVILLE AND LAKE SEMINOLE AREAS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST ABOUT 35 MPH. PEOPLE IN AND AROUND THE TORNADO WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 6:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
GAZ008-011-012-290030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO HEADING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 650 PM CDT SAT APR 28 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 177 CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 9 PM EDT... AT 648 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR AT COLUMBUS INDICATED A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSHOWERS IN THE FITZGERALD AND OCILLA GEORGIA AREAS...ALSO IN THE DONALSONVILLE AND LAKE SEMINOLE AREAS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST ABOUT 35 MPH. PEOPLE IN AND AROUND THE TORNADO WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.