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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 181, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 28, 1990Habersham County, Stephens County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1990, 5:06 PM EDT for Habersham County, Stephens County, Georgia. It was in force for 69 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 28, 1990, 5:06 PM EDT (21:06 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 1990, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 69 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Habersham County, GA, Stephens 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, 5:10 PM EDT	Hail 1.75	Habersham, GA
May 28, 5:15 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 0	Stephens, 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 72 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAHN 282106
SVRAHN
GAC137-257-282215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
506 PM EDT MON MAY 28 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...HABERSHAM COUNTY...STEPHENS COUNTY
 
PUBLIC REPORTS GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL OVER SOUTHERN HABERSHAM COUNTY
NEAR BALDWIN. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST 30 MPH.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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, 3:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 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, 1 hour 56 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, 1 hour 37 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.

Local storm report, May 28, 4:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
405 PM EDT MON MAY 28, 1990

COUNTY........ WALTON

SOURCE........ PUBLIC

TIME.......... 4 PM

LOCATION...... NEAR YOUTH GEORGIA IN WESTERN WALTON COUNTY

TYPE STORM.... THUNDERSTORM

HAIL.......... PEA SIZE

DAMAGE........ TREES DOWN
                                         %
INJURIES...... NONE KNOWN

Special weather statement, May 28, 4:21 PM EDT, 45 minutes before

GAZ003-282115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA  GA
420 PM EDT MON MAY 28 1990

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND
HEAVY RAIN HAVE DEVELOPED OVER A LARGE PORTION OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. AT 330 PM EDT...A TORNADO WATCH WAS ISSUED
FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 1000 PM EDT.
BUTTS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA IS INCLUDED IN THIS TORNADO WATCH.

THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS AT 420 PM EDT STRETCHED FROM SOUTHWEST OF
ATLANTA NEAR FAIRBURN ACROSS DEKALB COUNTY TO NEAR LAWRENCEVILLE IN
GWINNETT COUNTY.  ANOTHER LINE OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED
FROM GRIFFIN IN SPALDING COUNTY TO NEAR MONROE IN WALTON COUNTY.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 35 MILES AN HOUR.

FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES...LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND
FLASH FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE THUNDERSTORMS. FLASH FLOODING
INCIDENTS HAVE DEVELOPED 3ALREADY ALONG ATLANTA AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS
...MAINLY IN THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE CITY. RESIDENTS IN LOW-LYING
AREAS AND THOSE AREAS NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPID
RISING WATERS AND CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

Special weather statement, May 28, 4:29 PM EDT, 37 minutes before

GAZ006-008-009-282130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
430 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...
...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT TIL 10 PM EDT FOR BALDWIN..JONES AND
MONROE COUNTIES...

AT 425 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED JUST SOUTH
OF ATLANTA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER THE CITY OF JACKSON
IN BUTTS COUNTY AND NEAR MANSFIELD IN NEWTON COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS
EAST AT 35 MPH.

HEAVY RAINFALL..LIGHTNING..STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL GE:ORGIA.

PEOPLE IN JASPER AND PUTNAM COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE NEXT
HOUR AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS THESE COUNTIES.
IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS PASS.

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, 3:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Barrow, Walton	61 min
May 28, 4:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jasper	53 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, 1990 Every 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.