Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1990, 5:48 PM EDT for Monroe County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 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, 5:48 PM EDT (21:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 1990, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Monroe 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, 6:10 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Monroe, 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 KMCN 282148
SVRMCN
GAC207-282230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
548 PM EDT MON MAY 28 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
...MONROE
AT 545 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NORTH
OF THE CITY OF FORSYTH GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MPH.
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.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, 3:29 PM EDT, 2 hours 19 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 44 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 KNOWNSpecial weather statement, May 28, 4:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 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, 1 hour 19 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.
Local storm report, May 28, 5:15 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 515 PM EDT MON MAY 28, 1990 COUNTY........ HABERSHAM SOURCE........ PUBLIC TIME.......... 510 PM EDT LOCATION...... NEAR NANCY TOWN LAKE..SOUTHEAST PART OF HABERSHAM CO. TYPE STORM.... THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... GOLFBALL DAMAGE........ UNKNOW INJURIES...... UNKNOW
Local storm report, May 28, 5:20 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 520 PM EDT MON MAY 28, 1990 COUNTY........ STEPHENS SOURCE........ PUBLIC THRU LAW TIME.......... 515PM EDT LOCATION...... SOUTHEAST PART OF STEPHENS EAST OF HWY 184 TYPE STORM.... THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... MARBLE DAMAGE........ TREES DOWN INJURIES...... UNKNOW
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, 5:06 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, 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.