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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 265, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 8, 1990Laurens County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 1990, 4:42 PM EDT for Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 63 min. 2 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
Aug 8, 1990, 4:42 PM EDT (20:42 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 1990, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Laurens 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 8, 5:15 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Laurens, GA
Aug 8, 5:15 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Laurens, 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 169 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1990-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 533 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1990-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
533 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 8, 1:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
GAZ001-003-081900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA  GA
155 PM EDT TUE AUG 08 1990

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL
   AND SOUTH GEORGIA...

AT 145 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR
ATLANTA...ROME...JAPSER IN PICKENS COUNTY...FAYETTEVILLE...AND WOODBURY
IN MERIWETHER COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF ALL STORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL
CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

EVEN THOUGH NORTH GEORGIA IS NOT CURRENTLY UNDER A SEVERE WEATHER WATCH...
PERSONS SHOULD STILL REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND
BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTIONS IF NECESSARY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THIS
AFTERNOON. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL TV AND RADIO FOR LATER
STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Aug 8, 2:14 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
212PM EDT WED AUG 8, 1990

COUNTY........ MORGAN

SOURCE........  COOP OBS

TIME..........1404 EDT

LOCATION...... 6 EAST OF GODFREY ...SOUTHERN MORGAN COUNTY...

TYPE STORM....  THUNDERSTORM ...WINDS EST 50 MPH...

HAIL..........  MARBLE SIZE

DAMAGE........ NONE KNOWN

INJURIES...... NONE KNOWN
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 3:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
GAZ004-082000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
300 PM EDT WED AUG 8 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MORGAN...GREENE...AND TALIAFERRO
COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 8 PM EDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MORGAN COUNTY OF NORTHEREAST
GEORGIA HAS EXPIRED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR GREENE COUNTY OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

AT 300 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE ;THUNDERSTORM IN THE SOUTHERN
END OF GREENE COUNTY...ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF UNION POINT...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 12 MILES AN HOUR.

VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...GUSTY SURFACE
WINDS AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
Local storm report, Aug 8, 3:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
325PM EDT WED AUG 8,1990

COUNTY........ GREENE

SOURCE........ELC CORP

TIME..........3 PM EDT

LOCATION...... S.E. OF HWY 44 .CENTERAL^ LAKE OCONEE

TYPE STORM.... THUNDERSTORM

HAIL..........   SMALL

DAMAGE........  TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES

INJURIES...... NONE KNOWN
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 3:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
GAZ011-012-006-082030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
334 PM EDT WED AUG 8 1990

AT 332 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A FEW LIGHT RAIN
SHOWERS BETWEEN MONTEZUMgA AND LESLIE GEORGIA AND BETWEEN TIFTON AND
CLIMAX GEORGIA. THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 647 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM.  STAY
TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Local storm report, Aug 8, 4:35 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
435 PM EDT WED AUG 8 1990

COUNTY.....HOUSTON
SOURCE.....HOUSTON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE/PUBLIC
TIME.......330 PM EDT
LOCATION...STATHAMS LANDING SUBDIVISION...SOUTHEAST OF WARNER ROBINS.
           BONAIRE
TYPE STORM.SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WIDTH......N/A
LENGTH.....N/A
HAIL.......PUBLIC REPORTED LARGE HAIL IN BONAIRE.
DAMAGE.....N/A
TREES......TREES BLOWN DOWN IN STATHAMS LANDING.
INJURES....N</A
COST.......N/A

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 1:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan63 min
Aug 8, 2:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Henry, Spalding48 min
Aug 8, 2:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene61 min
Aug 8, 3:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts40 min
Aug 8, 3:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston67 min
Aug 8, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Fulton54 min
Aug 8, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett50 min
Aug 8, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTreutlen57 min

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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.