Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 190, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1990, 2:44 PM EDT for Gordon County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 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
- Jun 7, 1990, 2:44 PM EDT (18:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1990, 3:25 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gordon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 2:50 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Gordon, 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 1343 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1043 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 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 071847 SVRATL GAC129-071945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 244 PM EDT THU JUN 7 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...GORDON COUNTY AT 246 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS SHOWN NEAR CALHOUN MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF HAIL 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... PREFERA<BLY 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, Jun 7, 2:31 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
GAZ001-004 062000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 230 PM EDT THU JUN 7 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTH GEORGIA... AT 225 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED WIDELY SCATTERD THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTHERN THIRD OF GEORGIA. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR CALHOUN... SOUTHEAST OF LA FAYETTE AND NORTH OF FAIRBURN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL )AND GUSTY WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD. RESIDENTS OF NORTH GEORGIA ARE ADVISED TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston | 40 min |
| Jun 7, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb | 57 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.