Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 335, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 30, 1990, 2:12 PM EDT for Baldwin County, Georgia. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 30, 1990, 2:12 PM EDT (18:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 1990, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 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, 6.2 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
- 407 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -216 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1326 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 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 301814 SVRMCN GAC009-301915- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 212 PM EDT THU AUG 30 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA ...TURNER COUNTY AT 210 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WEST OF ASHBURN GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH 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 30, 11:27 AM EDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
GAZ005-ALZ012-301630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 1126 AM EDT THU AUG 30 1990 .......SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 708 IS STILL IN EFFECT UNTIL 3PM EDT TODAY...... AT 1125 AM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 25 MILES WIDE AND EXTENDING FROM NEAR SELMA ALABAMA TO NEAR HAMILTON GEORGIA. THE MOST INTENSE OF THESE THUNERSTORMS WAS LOCATED BETWEEN HURTSBORO AND SEALE ALABAMA. THIS AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH. AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH YOUR AREA YOU CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAINS...SOME HAIL...LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PLEASE STAY ALERT TO CHANGING WEAeTHER CONDITIONS TODAY AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 2:10 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
GAZ005-302000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 210 PM EDT THU AUG 30 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA TIL 9 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA UNTIL 9 PM EDT INCLUDING LAMAR...MERRIWETHER...TROUP... PIKE...AND UPSON COUNTIES. AT 200 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHEAST OF MACON TO AROUND ALBANY...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. ONLY A COUPLE OF LIGHT SHOWERS WERE BETWEEN ATLANTA AND COLUMBUS. HOWEVER THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM TO DEVELOP WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. RESIDENTS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 8:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale | 48 min |
| Aug 29, 9:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton | 42 min |
| Aug 29, 10:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Putnam | 42 min |
| Aug 30, 1:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson | 41 min |
| Aug 30, 1:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan | 48 min |
| Aug 30, 1:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp | 69 min |
| Aug 30, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall, Jackson | 62 min |
| Aug 30, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard | 55 min |
| Aug 30, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard | 29 min |
| Aug 30, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford | 41 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.