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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 192, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 7, 1990Bibb County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1990, 5:10 PM EDT for Bibb County, Georgia. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1990, 5:10 PM EDT (21:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1990, 6:07 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Bibb 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 1990-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1343 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1990-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 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
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

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, 2 hours 39 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.
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 2:46 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
GAZ002-004-071940-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
243 PM EDT THU JUN 7 1990

. . . . .THUNDERSTORMS NOW DEVELOPING OVER NORTH GEORGIA. . . . .

A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL WAS INDICATED ABOUT 15 MILES
EAST OF ATHENS .

A SIMILAR THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED NEAR THE ATLANTA AREA.

ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WE>RE INDICATED OVER THE NORTH HALF
OF GEORGIA FROM NEAR MACON NORTHWARD WITH THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING INTO
ADJACENT AREAS OF EAST ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE AND WESTERN SOUTH
CAROLINA FROM NEAR AUGUSTA TO THE COLUMBIA AREA.
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 3:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
GAZ002-004-072040-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
340 PM EDT THU JUN 7 1990

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SEVERAL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND
SMALL HAIL WERE INDICATED OVER THE NORTH HALF OF GEORGIA.

THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED INTO THE ADJACENT AREAS OF EAST ALABAMA
TO JUST SOUTH OF ANNISTON AND FROM NEAR AUGUSTA TO THE COLUMBIA
SOUTH CAROLINA VICINITY.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA...TO THE
EAST OF CALHOUN AND JUST TO THE WEST OF ATLANTA.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO LOCATED TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF ATHENS.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST ATr 15 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:25 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
GAZ001-004-072200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA  GA
425 PM EDT THU JUN 7 1990

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN SECTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA...

AT 415 PM RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR AUSTELL IN SOUTH
COBB COUNTY...AND FROM NEAR FAIRBURN IN FULTON COUNTY TO JUST NORTHWEST
OF NEWNAN IN COWETA COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE DRIFTING EASTWARD.

HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND
SOME SMALL HAIL ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS.

THE TREND OF THESE STORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS HAS BEEN TO GROW
RAPIDLY...THEN WEAKEN ALMOST AS QUICKLY AS THEY DEVELOPED. STILL...PERSONS
IN NORTH GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR QUICK CHANGES IN SKY CONDITIONS...
ESPECIALLY IF YOU PLAN TO GO OUTDOORS LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

THE STORMS SHOULD BEGIN TO DISSIPATE SOMETIME DURING THE EVENING HOURS TONIGHT
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:33 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
GAZ002-004-072140-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
430 PM EDT THU JUN 7 1990

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SEVERAL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND
SMALL HAIL WERE INDICATED OVER THE NORTH HALF OF GEORGIA.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WERE 20 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF HARTSFIELD AIRPORT NEAR ATLANTA...JUST SOUTH OF MACON AND ABOUT
8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ATHENS.

PERSONS IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF
HOURS UNTIL THESE STORMS DISIPATE OR MOVE THROUGH.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 2:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGordon41 min
Jun 7, 4:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston40 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.