Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 217, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1990, 9:05 PM EDT for Dooly County, Houston 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
- Jul 2, 1990, 9:05 PM EDT (01:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1990, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dooly County, GA, Houston 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 9:20 PM EDT | Hail 1.5 | Houston, GA | |
| Jul 2, 9:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Dooly, GA | |
| Jul 2, 9:35 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Dooly, GA | |
| Jul 2, 9:50 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Dooly, 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 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2550 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 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 KMCN 030106
SVRMCN
GAC093-153-030200-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
905 PM EDT MON JUL 2 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
...DOOLY...HOUSTON
AT 900 PM RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN UNADILLA
AND HENDERSON. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 5 MPH.
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...
PREFERABLY 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, Jul 2, 3:18 PM EDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before
GAZ005-008-012-022115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 317 PM EDT MON JUL 2 1990 AT 3:15 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN COLUMBUS INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE JUST NORTHWEST OF LUMPKIN IN STEWART COUNTY...NORTHEAST OF PARROT IN TERRELL COUNTY...JUST NORTH OF BRIDGEBORO IN WORTH COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN.k..GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Jul 2, 6:13 PM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 613 PM EDT MON JUL 02 1990 ...REF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OF MONDAY PM...07/02/90 COUNTY..... BAKER...SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. GAC007. SOURCE..... NEWTONv POLICE. TIME...... 425 PM - 530 PM EDT. TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. LOCATION... SOUTH OF NEWTON ON STATE ROAD 91. DAMAGE..... NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON STATE ROAD 91. HAIL....... UNK. INJURIES... NONE REPORTED.
Local storm report, Jul 2, 6:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
613 PM EDT MON JUL 02 1990
...REF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OF MONDAY PM...07/02/90
COUNTY..... BAKER...SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. GAC007.
SOURCE..... NEWTON{ POLICE.
TIME...... 425 PM - 530 PM EDT.
TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
LOCATION... SOUTH OF NEWTON ON STATE ROAD 91.
DAMAGE..... NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON STATE ROAD 91.
HAIL....... UNK.
INJURIES... NONE REPORTED.Local storm report, Jul 2, 6:19 PM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 620 PM EDT MON JUL 02 1990 ...REF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OF MONDAY PM...07/02/90 COUNTY..... BAKER...SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. GAC007. SOURCE..... NEWTON POLICE. TIME...... 425 PM - 530 PM EDT. TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. LOCATION... WEST OF NEWTON ON STATE ROAD 216 AT POTMOS GEORGIA. DAMAGE..... NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON STATE ROAD 216. HAIL....... UNK. INJURIES... NONE REPORTED.
Local storm report, Jul 2, 6:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 625 PM EDT MON JUL 02 1990 ...REF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OF MONDAY PM...07/02/90 COUNTY..... MITCHELL COUNTY SOUTHWEST GA. GAC205. SOURCE..... SHERIFF'S OFFICE CAMILLA GEORGIA. TIME...... 425 PM - 530 PM EDT. TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. LOCATION... STATE ROAD 311 WEST OF HOPEFUL. DAMAGE..... NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON STATE ROAD 311. HAIL....... UNK. INJURIES... NONE REPORTED.
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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.