Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 179, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1990, 3:29 PM EDT for Barrow County, Walton County, Georgia. It was in force for 61 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
- May 28, 1990, 3:29 PM EDT (19:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 1990, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Barrow County, GA, Walton 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 28, 4:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Walton, 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 40 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
- 291 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1088 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAHN 281929 SVRAHN GAC013-297-282030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 329 PM EDT MON MAY 28 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...BARROW COUNTY...NORTHERN WALTON COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THESE TWO COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. STORM IS MOVING ALMOST DUE EAST AT 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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 28, 2:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
GAZ001-GAZ002-GA003-282000 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 210 PM EDT MON MAY 28 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 205PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED FROM NEAR BLUE RIDGE IN FANNIN COUNTY THROUGH LAKE ALATOONA IN CHEROKEE COUNTY TO JUST WEST OF MARIETTA IN COBB COUNTY TO NEAR FAIRBURN IN SOUTH FULTON COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. THE LINE IS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO.
Special weather statement, May 28, 2:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-282030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 225 PM EDT MON MAY 28 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TIL 8 PM EDT FOR PUTNAM..BALDWIN..JONES.. LAURENS..MONTGOMERY..TELFAIR..WHEELER AND TREUTLEN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 215 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR IN MACON GEORGIA SHOWED STRONG THUNDER- STORMS MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN A LINE FROM MONTEZUMA GEORGIA SOUTHWEST TO ABBEVILLE IN WILCOX COUNTY SOUTH TO DOUGLAS GEORGIA IN COFFEE COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE OVER THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. PEOPLE OUTSIDE ON THIS MEMORIAL DAY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY WORSENING WEATHER AND MOVE INDOORS IF NECESSARY.
Special weather statement, May 28, 2:44 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
GAZ002-004-281945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 240 PM EDT MON MAY 28 1990 .....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT FOR BANKS...CLARKE...ELBERT...FRANKLIN...GREENE...HABERSHAM...HART... JACKSON...MADISON...MORGAN...OCNONEE...OGLETHORPE...RABUN... STEPHENS AND TALIAFERRO COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA..... AT 230 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD FORMED OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA EXTENDING SOUTHWEST OVER A 12 MILE WIDE AREA FROM MURPHY NORTH CAROLINA TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ATLANTA. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY IN THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER THE FULTON COUNTY AIRPORT AND 5 MILES WEST OF ATLANTA. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE AND 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AUGUSTA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, May 28, 3:07 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
GAZ002-004-282115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 306 PM EDT MON MAY 28 1990 AT 3PM EDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN DAWSON AND LUMPKIN COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND ALSO JUST EAST OF ATLANTA IN DEKALE COUNTY. STORMS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35MPH WHILE AREA MOVES EAST. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM CLAYTON TO CRAWFORDVILLE. THE LARGER STORMS MENTION ABOVE AREA ALSO LIKELY TO CAUSE VERY GUSTY WINDS , HAIL, HEAVY DOWNPOURS , AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. STAY ALERT AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH.
Special weather statement, May 28, 3:10 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
GAZ001-GAZ002-GA003-282100 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 310 PM EDT MON MAY 28 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN NORTH GEORGIA... AT 305PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED FROM NEAR DAHLONEGA IN LUMPKIN COUNTY TO NORTH DEKALB COUNTY THROUGH THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA TO FAYETTE COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN ATLANTA. THIS THUNDERSTORM CAUSED SOME LOCAL STREET FLOODING IN SOUTH COBB COUNTY AS IT MOVED THROUGH. ALSO A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS BRIEFLY SIGHTED AROUND THE FULTON COUNTY AIRPORT AROUND 230 PM. HOWEVER NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED WITH THIS FUNNEL CLOUD. THE LINE CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE EASTERN ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA IN THE NEXT HOUR.
Special weather statement, May 28, 3:29 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-282100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 330 PM EDT MON MAY 28 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TIL 8 PM EDT FOR PUTNAM..BALDWIN..JONES.. LAURENS..MONTGOMERY..TELFAIR..WHEELER AND TREUTLEN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 325 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR IN MACON GEORGIA SHOWED STRONG THUNDER- STORMS MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN HOUSTON COUNTY NORTH OF PERRY GEORGIA..NEAR ALAMO IN WHEELER COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED IN BEN HILL COUNTY NORTHWEST OF FITZGERALD. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE OVER THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. PEOPLE OUTSIDE ON THIS MEMORIAL DAY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE APPROACH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THEY PASS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 1:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 54 min |
| May 28, 1:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley | 44 min |
| May 28, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper | 53 min |
| May 28, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Habersham, Stephens | 69 min |
| May 28, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Franklin, Hart | 66 min |
| May 28, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Monroe | 42 min |
| May 28, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones | 42 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.