Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 254, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 1990, 6:21 PM EDT for Baldwin County, Georgia. It was in force for 69 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 1990, 6:21 PM EDT (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 1990, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Baldwin County, GA
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 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 022223 SVRMCN GAC009-022330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 621 PM EDT THU AUG 2 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...LAURENS COUNTY AT 620 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NORTH OF DUBLIN IN LAURENS COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHO ULD 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
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 3:34 PM EDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
GAZ004-022000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECTION TO TEXT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 315 PM EDT THU AUG 2 1990 ATHENS RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER GWINNETT AND DEKALB COUNTIES MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE INTO WALTON AND NEWTON COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA WITHIN THE NEXT TWO HOURS. THESE STORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN WALTON AND NEWTON COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY AT THE FIRST SIGN OF APPROACHING BAD WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO N.O.A.A. WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION RFOR THE LATEST UPDATED ON THIS SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 4:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
GAZ005-ALZ012-022300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 456 PM EDT THU AUG 2 1990 AT 450 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF A LARGE AREA OF RAIN SCATTERED FROM 12 MILES WEST OF AUBURN ALABAMA TO NEAR AND EAST OF LAFAYETTE AND 12 MILES NORTH OF HAMILTON GEORGIA. THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. A VERY STRONG STORM WAS ALSO NEAR AMERICUS GEORGIA MOVING EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THESE STORMS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SAFE SHELTER. VERY STRONG WIND TO 40 MPH.. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPNAY THESE STORMS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 5:35 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
GAZ008-022330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 534 PM EDT THU AUG 2 1990 AT 530 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FORMED IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THESE STORMS WERE IN AN AREA OF RAIN OCCURRING FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF ALBANY TO BLAKELY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE JUST EAST OF BLAKELY AND NEAR ARLINGTON. A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS WERE ALSO ACROSS NORTHERN BAKER COUNTY NORTH OF NEWTON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHWEST GEORGIA CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN.. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL TO OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER WHEN THESE STORMS COME NEAR AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 5:37 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
GAZ004-022245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 536 PM EDT THU AUG 2 1990 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MORGAN COUNTY OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NEWTON COUNTY OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA HAS EXPIRED... AT 530 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA HAD DECREASED IN INTENSITY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL OCCURRING IN NORTH GEORGIA. AT THIS TIME...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED. MOVEMENT OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EAST AT 15 MPH.
Local storm report, Aug 2, 6:06 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
600 PM EDT THU AUG 02 1990
COUNTY..........NEWTON
SOURCE..........MANSFIELD P.D. AND COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
TIME............4:35 PM EDT THU AUG 2 1990
LOCATION........COUNTYWIDE
TYPE OF STORM....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
HAIL.............1/4 INCH
DAMAGE...........EXTREMELY HIGH WINDS...TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN...
POWER TRANSFORMERS BLOWN UP...LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN
(MOSTLY IN THE COVINGTON VICINITY)
INJURIES.........NONE AT THIS TIMELocal storm report, Aug 2, 6:12 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
600 PM EDT THU AUG 02 1990
COUNTY..........MORGAN
SOURCE..........MADISON P.D. AND COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
TIME............5:15 PM EDT THU AUG 2 1990
LOCATION........COUNTYWIDE
TYPE OF STORM....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
HAIL.............NONE
DAMAGE...........HIGH WINDS...2 TREES DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY 83...HEAVY
RAIN AND LIGHTNING
INJURIES.........NONE AT THIS TIMEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 49 min |
| Aug 2, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Screven | 48 min |
| Aug 2, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton | 60 min |
| Aug 2, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper | 57 min |
| Aug 2, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan | 58 min |
| Aug 2, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones | 56 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.