Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 194, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1990, 4:41 PM EDT for Richmond County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1990, 4:41 PM EDT (20:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1990, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Richmond 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 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 KAGS 082042 SVRAGS GAC245-082115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA 441 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUGUSTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...SOUTHERN RICHMOND COUNTY AT 440 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS DETECTING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF AUGUSTA GEORGIA MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 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, Jun 8, 1:58 PM EDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-082000
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
200 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990
....STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA....
AT 145 PM WEATHER RADAR IN MACON SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING
TO DEVELOPE AROUND CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONG STORM AT THIS TIME
WAS IN HOUSTON COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF WARNER ROBINS. VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT
WAS INDICATED.
ELSEWHERE SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO NOTED IN SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA IN BULLOCH COUNTY SOUTH OF STATESBORO GEORGIA. ANOTHER GROUP
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED NORTHWEST OF ALBANY GEORGIA.
STRONG GUSTY WINDS..HEAVY RAINFALL..LIGHTNING AND HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY
THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON.
DUE TO THE HEAT AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER THE AREA THIS THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOPE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN
ALERtT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THEY PASS.Special weather statement, Jun 8, 2:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
GAZ005-008-081915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 215 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 210 PM WEATHER RADAR IN COLUMBUS SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BEGINING TO DEVEOLPE IN RANDOLP AND TERRELL COUNTIES AND JUST SOUTHEAST OF BLAKELY IN EARLY COUNTY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS..HEAVY RAINFALL..LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THEY PASS.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-082115 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 320 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 315 PM WEATHER RADAR IN MACON SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN CRAWFORD AND PEACH COUNTIES BETWEEN ROBERTA AND FORT VALLEY GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 10 MPH. ANOTHER GROUP OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS NOTED IN BLECKLEY AND LAURENS COUNTIES FROM NEAR COCHRAN TO DUBLIN GEORGIA. MARBLE SIZE HAIL..HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. DUE TO THE HEAT AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOPE AND MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. . PEOPLE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS PASS.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:34 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-082235 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 435 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 430 PM WEATHER RADAR IN MACON SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER FORSYTH IN MONROE COUNTY. A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS NOTED IN HOUSTON COUNTY AND PULASKI COUNTY BETWEEN PERRY AND HAWKINSVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. MARBLE SIZE HAIL..HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. DUE TO THE HEAT AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOPE AND MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PEOPLE IN OR NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE INDOORS AND REMAIN ALERT UNTIL THE THUNDERSTORMS PASS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 43 min |
| Jun 8, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston | 53 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.