Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 246, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 1990, 9:34 PM EDT for Irwin County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 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
- Jul 23, 1990, 9:34 PM EDT (01:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 1990, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Irwin 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 23, 9:48 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Irwin, 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
Jacksonville, FL (KAYS), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 2041 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1415 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 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 240134
SVRMCN
GAC155-240215-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
934 PM EDT MON JUL 23 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
...IRWIN
AT 930 PM RADAR LOCATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR OCILLA MOVING TO
THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
WIND DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED DURING A THUNDERSTORM OVER TURNER COUNTY
NEAR ASHBURN AT ABOUT 910 PM. SEVERAL HOUSES DAMAGED AND TREES PUSHED
OVER.
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 23, 6:25 PM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
GAZ004-240000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 625 PM EDT MON JUL 23 1990 VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NOW OVER GWINNETT AND ROCKDALE COUNTIES WILL BE MOVING INTO WALTON AND NEWTON COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN WALTON AND NEWTON COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND POSSIBLE FLOODING OF FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND LOW PLACES ON ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO DURING THE HEAVIER RAIN. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED IF NEEDED.
Local storm report, Jul 23, 7:28 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA, GA
730 PM EDT MON JUL 23 1990...DELAYED REPORT
COUNTY...... FAYETTE COUNTY
SOURCE...... FROM FAYETTE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE
TIME........ APPRX 515 PM EDT...23 JULY 90
LOCATION.... GABLE ROAD AND HIWAY 85 CONNECTOR.
TYPE STORM.. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...POWER LINES DOWN FROM HIGH WINDS.
GEORGIA POWER CREWS RESTORED POWER IN ABOUT 2 HOURS.Special weather statement, Jul 23, 7:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
GAZ005-ALZ012-240030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 729 PM EDT MON JUL 23 1990 AT 726 PM COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF LIGHT RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED FROM OPELIKA AL TO GRIFFIN GA. THE MOST INTENSE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE COLUMBUS WEATHER OFFICE. A SMALL AREA OF LIGHT RAIN WAS ALSO OCCURRING FROM AROUND CLAYTON AL TO HURTSBORO AL. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 635 IS STILL IN EFFECT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...HEAVY RAINS AND LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Jul 23, 7:34 PM EDT, 2 hours before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA, GA 735 PM EDT MON JUL 23 1990...DELAYED REPORT COUNTY...... HENRY COUNTY SOURCE...... FROM HENRY COUNTY EMERGENCY DISPATCH TIME........ APPRX 430 PM EDT...23 JULY 90 LOCATION.... NEAR HAMPTON TYPE STORM.. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...POWER LINES DOWN FROM HIGH WINDS.
Local storm report, Jul 23, 8:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA, GA
825 PM EDT MON JUL 23 1990...DELAYED REPORT
COUNTY...... ROCKDALE COUNTY
SOURCE...... FROM ROCKDALE SHERIFFS OFFICE
TIME........ 610 PM EDT...23 3JULY 90
LOCATION.... NEAR CONYERS
TYPE STORM.. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN FROM
HIGH WINDS.Special weather statement, Jul 23, 9:12 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
GAZ005-011-ALZ012-GAZ012-006-240215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 909 PM EDT MON JUL 23 1990 AT 906PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED NO ACTIVITY IN THE WATCH AREA...HOWEVER RADAR DID SHOW AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS FROM SOUTH OF JUNCTION CITY GA TO NEAR ELLAVILLE GA. ALSO A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED FROM WARWICK GA TO CAIRO GA WITH THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY LOCATED BETWEEN SYLVESTER AND DOERUN GA. THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 17 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 635 IS STILL IN EFFECT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...DOWNPOURS AND SOME HAIL AS THEY MOVED THROUGH THE AREA AFFECTED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
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.