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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 28, 1990Franklin County, Hart County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1990, 5:24 PM EDT for Franklin County, Hart County, Georgia. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 1990, 5:24 PM EDT (21:24 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 1990, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Franklin County, GA, Hart 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 50 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1990-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 291 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1990-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAHN 282125
SVRAHN
GAC119-147-282230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
524 PM EDT MON MAY 28 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...FRANKLIN COUNTY...HART COUNTY
 
RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE NORTHWEST SECTION
OF FRANKLIN COUNTY. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE
EAST 30 MPH.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 1:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson54 min
May 28, 1:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley44 min
May 28, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Walton61 min
May 28, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper53 min
May 28, 5:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHabersham, Stephens69 min
May 28, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMonroe42 min
May 28, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones42 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.