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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 197, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 9, 1990Whitfield County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1990, 3:11 PM EDT for Whitfield County, Georgia. It was in force for 64 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 9, 1990, 3:11 PM EDT (19:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1990, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Whitfield 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 9, 3:15 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Whitfield, 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 180 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 1990-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 312 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 1990-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -54 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
312 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-162 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
870 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCHA 091912
SVRCHA
GAC313-092015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE
311 PM EDT SAT JUN 9 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...SOUTHERN WHITFIELD COUNTY
 
RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHWEST WHITFIELD COUNTY.
THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD
MOVE ACROSS CARBONDALE AND TILTON GEORGIA WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WI?NDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

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

Local storm report, Jun 9, 9:17 AM EDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
915 AM EDT SAT JUN 9 1990

...REF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OF FRIDAY PM...06/08/90

COUNTY..... EARLY...SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.
SOURCE..... THREE NOTCH ELECTRIC
TIME......  245 PM - 315 PM EDT.
TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
LOCATION... KOLOMOKI STATE PARK IN NORTHWEST CORNER OF EARLY COUNTY.
DAMAGE..... POWER LINE AND SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
HAIL....... UNK.
INJURIES... NONE REPORTED.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:23 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
GAZ005-008-011-ALZ012-092030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
223 PM EDT SAT JUN 9 1990

AT 120 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR AT COLUMBUS SHOWED A BAND OF
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AS WELL
AS OVER SOUTH EAST ALABAMA STRETCHING FROM NEAR TALBOTTON TO COLUMBUS
GEORGIA SOUTHWEST TO NEAR TROY ALABAMA. THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS WERE
JUST SOUTHEAST OF ELLAVILLE GEORGIA AND JUST SOUTH OF CLAYTON ALABAMA.

PERSONS IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AS WELL AS PERSONS IN
SOUTH EAST ALABAMA CAN EXPECT VERY DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS A
POSSIBLE SOME SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP>E OVER THIS AREA THROUGHOUT
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.PERSONS OUT SIDE SHOULD PAY CLOSE
ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER AND STAY TUNED TO COLUMBUS WEATHER RADIO FOR
THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMTION.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:25 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
GAZ005-008-011-ALZ012-092030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...COR TO TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
223 PM EDT SAT JUN 9 1990

AT 220 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR AT COLUMBUS SHOWED A BAND OF
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AS WELL
AS OVER SOUTH EAST ALABAMA STRETCHING FROM NEAR TALBOTTON TO COLUMBUS
GEORGIA SOUTHWEST TO NEAR TROY ALABAMA. THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS WERE
JUST SOUTHEAST OF ELLAVILLE GEORGIA AND JUST SOUTH OF CLAYTON ALABAMA.

PERSONS IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AS WELL AS PERSONS IN
SOUTH EAST ALABAMA CAN EXPECT VERY DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS A
POSSIBLE SOME SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CBONTINUE TO DEVELOPE OVER THIS AREA THROUGHOUT
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.PERSONS OUT SIDE SHOULD PAY CLOSE
ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER AND STAY TUNED TO COLUMBUS WEATHER RADIO FOR
THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMTION.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:47 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
GAZ004-091940-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
245 PM EDT SAT JUN 9 1990

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...
STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND
SMALL HAIL WERE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTH TWO THIRDS
OF GEORGIA  AND ADJACENT AREAS.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN GEORGIA FROM NEAR
COLUMBUS TO NEAR MILLEDGEVILLE AND IN NORTH_ CAROLINA FROM NEAR
ASHEVILLE TO NEAR SHELBY.

PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 7:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe55 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.