Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 218, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1990, 3:13 PM EDT for Bleckley County, Houston County, Twiggs County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 min. 3 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 8, 1990, 3:13 PM EDT (19:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 1990, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bleckley County, GA, Houston County, GA, Twiggs 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 8, 3:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Houston, GA | |
| Jul 8, 3:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Twiggs, GA | |
| Jul 8, 3:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Bleckley, 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 160 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
- 1358 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 951 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 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 081913
SVRMCN
GAC023-153-289-082000-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
313 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
...BLECKLEY...HOUSTON...TWIGGS
AT 3 05 PM EDT RADAR LOCATED SEVERAL VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN
ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE...COCHRANE...PERRY AND JEFFERSONVILLE.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOT MOVING VERY MUCH...JUST DRIFTING.
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, Jul 8, 2:41 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
GAZALL-090000-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
245 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 1990
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WILL CONTINUE...
THE COMBINATION OF HIGH TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY PRODUCED HEAT INDEX
VALUES WAS BETWEEN 100 AND 111 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST VALUE
OF 111 AT 2PM WAS AT WARNER ROBINS AFB...ALMA...AND MOODY AFB. THESE LEVELS
OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY CAN BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE WHO VENTURE OUTSIDE AND
DO STRENUOUS EXERCISE OR WORK.
THE HEAT INDEX WILL GO HIGHER THIS AFTERNOON AS THE DAYS HIGH TEMPERATUTES
HAVE NOT BEEN REACHED YET. VALUES EQUAL TO OR HIGHER THAN THIS AFTERNOONS
ARE EXPECTED AGAIN MONDAY.
PEOPLE PLANNING TO WORK OR PLAY OUTSIDE IN THE AFTERNOONS ARE CAUTIONED
TO TAKE IT EASY AND EXERCISE CAUTION. TO HELP DEFRAY HEAT RELATED PROBLEMS
ASSOCIATED WITH PROLONGED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY...STAY IN THE SHADE AS MUCH AS
AS POSSIBLE...DRINK PLENTY OF NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES OR WATER...
AND DRESS IN LIGHTWEIGHT LIGHT COLORED CLOTHING. THE ELDERLY...
VERY YOUNG...THOSE ON MEDICATION OR IN WEAKENED PHYSICAL CONDITION
SHOULD BE WATCHED. CHECK IN ON THESE INDIVIDUALS AT INTERVALS TO
SEE HOW THEY ARE DOING.
THE CURRENT SPELL OF VERY HOT WEATHER WILL PERSIST FOR SEVERAL MORE
DAYS ACROSS GEORIGA.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.