Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 198, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1990, 7:50 PM EDT for Clarke County, Oconee County, Oglethorpe County, Georgia. It was in force for 55 min. 4 reports 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, 7:50 PM EDT (23:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1990, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clarke County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe 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 9, 8:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Oconee, GA | |
| Jun 9, 8:05 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Oglethorpe, GA | |
| Jun 9, 8:10 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Clarke, GA | |
| Jun 9, 8:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Oconee, 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 7 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAHN 092350 SVRAHN GAC059-219-221-100045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 750 PM EDT SAT JUN 9 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...CLARKE COUNTY...OCONEE COUNTY...OGLETHORPE COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS OCCURRING IN THE ATHENS AREA AT THE PRESENT TIME. HALF INCH HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE CITY. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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 9, 3:25 PM EDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
GAZ001-003-092030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 320 PM EDT SAT JUN 9 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA. AT 310 PM...THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN CALHOUN AND CHATSWORTH...AND ALSO ON THE ALABAMA BORDER JUST WEST OF CEDARTOWN. HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 10 MPH. OTHER STORNG THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. PEOPLE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT...ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE OUTSIDE ON THE GOLF CO!URSE...BOATING...OR SWIMMING.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 3:40 PM EDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
GAZ004-092040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 340 PM EDT SAT JUN 9 1990 . . . . .THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO INCREASE OVER NORTH GEORGIA AND ADJACENT AREAS. . . . . SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN... STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL WERE INDICATED ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA...SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE... NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN 5NORTH CAROLINA FROM NEAR ROME GEORGIA EAST TO NEAR SHELBY NORTH CAROLINA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO LOCATED BETWEEN COLUMBUS AND MACON. ELSEWHERE...MOSTLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 4:18 PM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
GAZ001-003-092100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 415 PM EDT SAT JUN 9 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ON A LINE FROM NEAR MENLO IN CHATTOOGA COUNTY TO NEAR FAIRMOUNT IN SOUTHERN GORDON COUNTY... TO NEAR BLUE RIDGE LAKE. THE STRONGEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS AT 415 WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF CALHOUN...NEAR THE GORDON COUNTY LINE. HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. OTHER STORNG THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. PEOPLE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT...ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE OUTSIDE ON THE GOLF COURSE...BOATING...OR SWIMMING.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 4:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
GAZ-008-011-091900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 455 PM EDT SAT JUN 9 1990 AT 450 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR AT COLUMBUS SHOWED A DAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST NORTH OF DAWSON IN TERRELL COUNTY AND NEAR COLEMAN IN RANDOLPH COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA CAN EXPECT VERY DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUED TO DEVELOPE OVER THIS AREA THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. PERSONS OUTSIDE SHOULD PAY CLOSET ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER AND STAY TUNED TO COLUMBUS WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 5:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
GAZ004-092040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 540 PM EDT SAT JUN 9 1990 . . . . .THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO INCREASE OVER NORTH GEORGIA AND ADJACENT AREAS. . . . . VERY SRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER THE EXTREME NORTHERN PORTION OF LAKE LANIER AND 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF DAHLONEGA...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED OVER LAURENS SOUTH CAROLINA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 7:20 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
GAZ008-100115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 718 PM EDT SAT JUN 9 1990 .....THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA..... AT 715 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM DOTHAN ALABAMA EXTENDING EASTWARD TO BLAKELY...COLEMAN...ALBANY...ASHBURN AND ABBEVILLE GEORGIA. THIS AREA WAS 35 MILES WIDE AND WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE LIVING IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECT PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... AND GUSTY WINDS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 64 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.