Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 1990, 6:15 PM EDT for Bartow County, Floyd County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 min. 2 reports 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
- May 1, 1990, 6:15 PM EDT (22:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 1990, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bartow County, GA, Floyd 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 6:40 PM EDT | Hail 0.88 | Floyd, GA | |
| May 1, 6:40 PM EDT | Hail 4 | Bartow, 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 870 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -193 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1111 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -178 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 012216 SVRATL GAC015-115-012300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 615 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...BARTOW COUNTY...FLOYD COUNTY AT 613 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS SHOWN JUST SOUTH OF ROME. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MPH. HAIL WAS INDICATED WITH THIS STORM. 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 STRONG 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
Special weather statement, May 1, 2:54 PM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
GAZ001-002-011945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 250 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA UNTIL 900 PM EDT... AT 245 PM EDT RADAR DID NOT SHOW ANY RAIN OR THUNDERSTORMS IN GEORGIA. HOWEVER RADAR DID SHOW A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN EAST TENNESSEE AND NORTH ALABAMA GENERALLY FROM JUST NORTH OF KNOXVILLE TENNESSEE TO NEAR HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA. THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS LINE ARE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST GEORGIA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. PEOPLE IN EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA SHOULD STAY UPDATED ON THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATIONJ THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.
Local storm report, May 1, 3:01 PM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 250 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 1990 DELAYED ADDITIONAL REPORT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN MARION..04/28/90 COUNTY..... MARION/197 SOURCE..... PUBLIC REPORT TIUME...... 410 TO 430 PM EDT/2010-2030Z TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WEATHER.... NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY SR26 SOUTHEAST OF BUENA VISTA. HAIL....... UNKNOWN COST OF DAMAGE...UNKNOWN DEATHS/INJURIES...NONE
Local storm report, May 1, 3:29 PM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 330 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 1990 DELAYED ADDITIONAL REPORT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN TAYLOR..04/28/90 COUNTY..... TAYLOR/269 SOURCE..... PUBLIC REPORT JOHN COOK NEAR REYNOLDS. TIME...... 430 TO 500 PM EDT/2030-2100Z TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE...A FEW TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY SR128 JUST SOUTH OF REYNOLDS. A FEW POWER INTERRUPTIONS. HAIL....... UNKNOWN COST OF DAMAGE...UNKNOWN DEATH4S/INJURIES...NONE
Special weather statement, May 1, 4:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
GAZ001-002-012100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 405 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 184 CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA UNTIL 900 PM EDT... AT 400 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM KNOXVILLE TENNESSEE TO JUST NORTHWEST OF CHATTANOOGA TO GUNTERSVILLE ALABAMA. THIS LINE IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR WITH INDIVIDUAL STORMS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF FORT PAYNE ALABAMA AND JUST WEST OF CHATTANOOGA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD EFFECT PARTS OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE HAS SBEEN REPORTED IN NORTH ALABAMA WITH THESE STORMS. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD STAY TUNED TO THE LASTEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 1, 5:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
GAZ001-002-012200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 505 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 184 CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA UNTIL 900 PM EDT... AT 455 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTH OF KNOXVILLE TENNESSEE TO JUST EAST OF CHATTANOOGA TO MENLO GEORGIA TO COLLINSVILLE ALABAMA. THE LINE IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR WITH INDIVIDUAL STORMS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN THE EXTREME NORTHWEST CORNER OF GEORGIA WEST OF PITTSBURG AT 455 PM EDT. HAIL AND DAMAGAING WINDS WERE REPORTED WITH SOME OF THWSE STROMS IN EXTREME NORTH ALABAMA. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER WITH THE APPROACH OF THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 1, 6:08 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
GAZ002-004-280900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 600 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECRIVE UNTIL MID-NIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...BANKS...HALL...MADISON...UNION...ELBERT...HART...RABUN...WHITE ...FRANKLIN...JACKSON...STEPHENS...HABERSHAM...LUMPKIN AND TOWNS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL AS THEY MOVE ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA. PERSONS IN THE ABOVE NAMED COUNTIES SHOULD KEEP ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFTEY AT THE FIRST SIGN OF APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Murray | 50 min |
| May 1, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin | 46 min |
| May 1, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Towns, Union | 60 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.