Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Feb 16, 1990, 5:58 AM EST (10:58 UTC)

Expired

Feb 16, 1990, 6:45 AM EST

In force

47 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Cobb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fulton County, GA

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

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
558 AM EST FRI FEB 16 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
          ...COBB...DOUGLAS...FULTON
 
AT 558 AM EST CARROLLTON POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED WIND DAMAGE WITH
THIS STORM AS IT PASSED THROUGH THE AREA AT 550 AM.
 
 
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 ROOM 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

GAZ002-004-160900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
230 AM EST FRI FEB 16 1990

FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA
FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT.  THE WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND NORTH
OF A LINE FROM CEDARTOWN TO GAINESVILLE TO TOCCOA.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED OVER THE AREA BETWEEN
ROME AND CANTON IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHEAST
TENNESSEE EAST OF CHATTANOOGA.  MOVEMENT NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

ELSEWHERE IN GEORGIA RAIN COVERED THE AREA NORTH OF CARROLLTON
TO HARTWELL.  THIS RAIN AREA EXTENDED NORTH INTO SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE
AND SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND EAST OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST
SeOUTH CAROLINA.

GAZ003-161300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
537 AM EST FRI FEB 16 1990

A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NORTHWEST OF ATLANTA
NEAR LAKE ALLATOONA SOUTHEAST TO NEAR BREMAN...AND THEN SOUTH INTO
CARROLL COUNTY AND NEAR FRANKLIN IN HEARD COUNTY AT 535 AM.

THE STRONGEST STORM IN THIS BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED
ABOUT 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ATLANTA BETWEEN CARROLLTON AND FRANKLIN.
STRONG GUSTY WINDS..*.DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINS CAN
BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

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

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