Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 336, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 30, 1990, 4:58 PM EDT for Hall County, Jackson County, Georgia. It was in force for 62 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 30, 1990, 4:58 PM EDT (20:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 1990, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hall County, GA, Jackson 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 5:05 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Hall, GA | |
| Aug 30, 5:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Jackson, 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 47 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 KAHN 302059 SVRAHN GAC139-157-302200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 458 PM EDT THU AUG 30 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...HALL COUNTY...JACKSON COUNTY AT 455PM EDT ATHENS RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL HALL COUNTY MOVING TO THE SOUTHAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL BE ENTERING JACKSON COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND| DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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
Local storm report, Aug 30, 3:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 309 PM EDT THU AUG 30 1990 COUNTY........ MORGAN SOURCE........ RAYLE ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION (E.M.C.) TIME.......... APPROXIMATLY 227 PM EDT LOCATION...... EAST CENTRAL PART OF COUNTY TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... UNK DAMAGE........ POWER OUTAGE INJURIES...... NONE KNOWN
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 3:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
GAZ005-302100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 310 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 300 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF AUGUSTA TO JUST SOUTH OF ALBANY TO NEAR LAKE SEMINOLE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH. AT THIS TIME...NO PRECIPITATION WAS SHOWN BETWEEN ATLANTA AT THIS TIME...NO PRECIPITATION WAS SHOWN BETWEEN ATLANTA AND COLUMBUS. HOWEVER THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A DAMAGING THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. RESIDENTS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ALERT FOR RAPILDY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Local storm report, Aug 30, 3:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 327 PM EDT THU AUG 30 1990 COUNTY.....CRISP SOURCE.....CRIP COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT TIME.......203 PM EDT LOCATION...SOUTH OF CORDELE GEORGIA ALONG HIGHWAY 90. HAIL.......DIME SIZE HAIL (3/4 INCH) WINDS......ESTIMATED SPEED AT 40 TO 50 MPH. COUNTY.....TURNER SOURCE.....IRWIN ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION. TIME.......230 PM EDT LOCATION...ALL ACROSS COUNTY. DAMAGE.....NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN ACROSS POWERLINES.
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 4:16 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-302300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 415 PM EDT THU AUG 30 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 709 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM 20 EAST OF DOTHAN ALABAMA TO 35 NORTH-NORTHWEST OF SAVANNAH GEORGIA. HOWEVER THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF CENTRAL GEORGIA..TURNER..BEN HILL AND IRWIN UNTI<L 9 PM EDT... AT 410 PM WEATHER RADAR IN MACON SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN COLQUITT..TIFT AND BERRIEN COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH.
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 4:39 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
GAZ005-302200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 435 PM EDT THU AUG 30 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 709 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR LAMAR... MERRIWETHER...TROUP...PIKE...AND UPSON COUNTIES. HOWEVER...THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 9 PM. ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF SEVEbRE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 4:43 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
GAZ008-302245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 441 PM EDT THU AUG 30 1990 AT 438 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN RANDOLPH COUNTY GEORGIA FROM JUST NORTH OF COLEMAN TO OVER CUTHBERT TO NORTH OF SHELLMAN. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS ACROSS RANDOLPH..CALHOUN..TERRELL AND DOUGHTERTY COUNTIES CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHTNINGd AND GUSTY WINDS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS AS THESE STORMS MOVE SOUTHEAST. LISTEN TO NOAA 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, 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, 2:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin | 63 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.