Severe Thunderstorm Warning 282, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Aug 20, 1990, 12:43 PM CDT (17:43 UTC)

Expired

Aug 20, 1990, 1:45 PM CDT

In force

62 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Whole counties

County Bledsoe County, TN

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE
143 PM EDT (1243 PM CDT) MON AUG 20 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 PM EDT (145 PM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
 
IN SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE
 
   ...BLEDSOE COUNTY
 
AT 140 PM EDT THE CHATTANOOGA WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN CENTRAL BLEDSOE COUNTY NEAR THE
CITY OF PIKEVILLE.
 
THE STORM IS MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH...WHICH
MEANS THERE COULD BE VERY LARGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS THAT
COULD CAUSE SOME FLOODING IN SECTIONS OF PIKEVILLE.
 
STAY TUNED TO THIS STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
 
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROBOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

In the hours before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
130 PM EDT MON AUG 20 1990

      ...HEAT INDICES OF 105 TO 110 IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...

AT 130 PM TEMPERATURES IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE WERE IN
THE MID 90 DEGREE RANGE. THIS TEMPRATURE COMBINED WITH THE RELATIVE
HUMIDITY WAS GIVING A HEAT INDEX OF 105 IN MACON AND 108 IN WARNER
ROBINS. WITH THE TEMPERATURE IN MIDDLE GEORGIA EXPECTED TO CLIMB
TO AROUND 100 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON BETWEEN 3 AND 5 MPH...THE HEAT
INDEX COULD EVEN GO ABOVE 110.

IF YOU HAVE TO BE OUTSIDE WORKING THIS AFTERNOON...BE EXTREMELY
CAREFUL. TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS...AND DRINK A LOT OF WATER. THESE
CONDITIONS CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS. HEAT EXHUASTION AND SUNSTROKE
ARE POSSIBLE.

GAZ006-008-009-202200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
130 PM EDT MON AUG 20 1990

      ...HEAT INDICES OF 105 TO 110 IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...

AT 130 PM TEMPERATURES IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE WERE IN
THE MID 90 DEGREE RANGE. THIS TEMPERATURE COMBINED WITH THE RELATIVE
HUMIDITY WAS GIVING A HEAT INDEX OF 105 IN MACON AND 108 IN WARNER
ROBINS. WITH THE TEMPERATURE IN MIDDLE GEORGIA EXPECTED TO CLIMB
TO AROUND 100 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON BETWEEN 3 AND 5 PM...THE HEAT
INDEX COULD EVEN GO ABOVE 110.

IF YOU HAVE TO BE OUTSIDE WORKING THIS AFTERNOON...BE EXTREMELY
CAREFUL. TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS...AND DRINK A LOT OF WATER. THESE
CONDITIONS CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS. HEAT EXHUASTION AND SUNSTROKE
ARE POSSIBLE.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990

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.