Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 324, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 1990, 6:04 PM EDT for Pickens County, Georgia. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 29, 1990, 6:04 PM EDT (22:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 1990, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pickens 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 1950 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1380 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 292206 SVRATL GAC111-123-213-227-292300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 604 PM EDT WED AUG 29 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...FANNIN COUNTY...GILMER COUNTY...MURRAY COUNTY...PICKENS COUNTY RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF CHATSWORTH GEORGIA EAST OF CLEVELAND TENNESSEE AT 600 PM EDT MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE IN SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS P6ATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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 29, 5:12 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
GAZ008-011-292315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 511 PM EDT WED AUG 29 1990 A FEW VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA OCCURRING IN AN AREA OF RAIN FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SYLVESTER TO 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOULTRIE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST NORTH AND SOUTH OF BRIDGEBORO AND 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOERUN, THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWEST. THE COLQUITT COUNTY EMA HAS REPORTED SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WITH THESE STORMS..ALSO A HOUSE TRAILER WAS REPORTED BLOWN OVER NEAR DOERUN. PERSONS NEAR THESE STORMS SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. LISTEN TO NOA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Murray | 56 min |
| Aug 29, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lumpkin, Union | 37 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.