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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Atlanta, GA

February 16, 1990Coweta County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 16, 1990, 10:04 AM EST for Coweta County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 16, 1990, 10:04 AM EST (15:04 UTC)
Expired
Feb 16, 1990, 10:45 AM EST
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Coweta 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, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 151 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1990-02-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 41 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1990-02-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 269 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
41 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
698 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
269 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
289 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KATL 161505
SVRATL
GAC077-161545-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
1004 AM EST FRI FEB 16 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
          ...COWETA
 
AT 1000 AM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 NW OF HOGANSVILLE
STILL MOVING EASTNORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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, Feb 16, 7:34 AM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
730AM FRI WED FEB 16, 1990

COUNTY........ NEWTON

SOURCE........ PUBLIC THRU CD

TIME.......... 0730

LOCATION...... NEAR COVINGTON GA

TYPE STORM.... FUNNEL ALOFT REPORTED

HAIL..........

DAMAGE........ NONE

INJURIES...... NONE
Local storm report, Feb 16, 7:36 AM EST, 2 hours 28 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
735 AM EST FRI FEB 16 1990

COUNTY......COWETA
SOURCE......SPOTTER
TIME........600 AM REPORTED UPDATED.
LOCATION....4 N NEWNAN ON GA HWY  70 NEAR WALT CARMICHEL RD
DAMAGE......WIND DAMAGE...HOUSE PHYSICALLY MOVED 3 FEET. PORCHES TORN OFF
3 OTHER HOUSES. SEVERAL TREES SHEARED OFF. SHORT BUT VERY CLEAR PATH OF
DEDTRUCTON.
Local storm report, Feb 16, 7:40 AM EST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
740 AM EST FRI FEB 16 1990

COUNTY......CARROLL COUNTY
SOURCE......CIVIL DEFENSE
TIME........615 AM
LOCATION....CARROLL COUNTY.
DAMAGE......ABOUT 615 AM SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES DESTROYED. 3 HOUSES DEMOLISED.
9 REPORTED INJURIES.
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 7:45 AM EST, 2 hours 19 minutes before
GAZ005-ALZ012-161430-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
745 AM EST FRI FEB 16 1990

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 45 IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
GEORGIA UNTIL 1 PM EST. ALSO TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 44 IS IN EFFECT FOR
LEE AND CHAMBERS COUNTIES UNTIL 10 AM CST.

AT 735 EST COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING SCATTERED RAIN ACROSS
EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA JUST MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. ONE AREA
OF RAIN WAS FROM JUST WEST OF MANCHESTER GEORGIA ACROSS OPELIKA AND
TUSKGEE TO TALLASEE ALABAMA. RAIN AND A THUNDERSHOWER WAS SCATTERED IN
ALABAMA FROM HURTSBORO TO TROY AND LUVERNE. THE THUNDERSHOWER WAS 10
MILES SOUTH OF UNION SPRINGS IN THIS AREA OF RAIN. MOVEMENT WAS TO
THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION. LISTEN TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 8:36 AM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-161500-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
835 AM EST FRI FEB 16 1990

...TORNADO WATCH 45 VALID UNTIL 100 PM EST FOR MOST OF NORTH GEORGIA...

AT 825 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS LOCATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN
CONTAINING SEVERAL VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH GA.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR VAUGHN IN FAYETTE COUNTY AND NEAR
JONESBORO IN CLAYTON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

RAINSHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL GA AT 830 AM THIS MORNING.
DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THE DAY.

WHILE THE SOUTH END OF THE WATCH AREA IS FROM COLUMBUS TO MACON TO
SOUTH OF AUGUSTA...PERSONS IN ALL PARTS OF CENTRAL GA SHOULD R#EMAIN
ALERT TO LOCAL WEATHER DEVELOPMENT TODAY.
Local storm report, Feb 16, 8:56 AM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
855AM FRI WED FEB 16, 1990

BARROW COUNTY...0750E TREES DOWN ALONG HWY 11 NORTH PART OF
                 COUNTY.

JACKSON COUNTY... 0750E TREES DOWN ALONG HWY SOUTH PART OF COUNTY.

RABUN COUNTY...0700E MUD SLIDES OVER SEVERAL ROADS OF COUNTY.

BARROW COUNTY...0740E LARGE LIMBS DOWN WITH SEVERAL AUTO MISHAPS
                AND FOLKS TRAPED IN CARS AT ALBURN, GA

NEWTON COUNTY...0730E FUNNEL LALOFT REPORTED WITH EST SURFACE WINDS
                50 TO 60 MPH NEAR COVINGTON GA

HALL COUNTY ...0750E TREES DOWN NEAR FLOWERY BRANCH

BANKS COUNTY...JUST HEAVY RAINS BUT NO FLOODING AS OF YET.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 16, 12:16 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd3 hr
Feb 16, 12:52 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCBartow, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens3 hr
Feb 16, 12:52 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCFannin, Murray3 hr
Feb 16, 1:22 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Polk53 min
Feb 16, 1:23 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCDade, Walker3 hr
Feb 16, 1:23 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCCatoosa, Whitfield3 hr
Feb 16, 3:08 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd3 hr
Feb 16, 3:51 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCPolk4 hr
Feb 16, 3:51 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCFannin4 hr
Feb 16, 3:51 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCBartow, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens4 hr
Feb 16, 4:39 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCCatoosa, Walker, Whitfield3 hr
Feb 16, 4:39 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCDade3 hr
Feb 16, 5:58 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Douglas, Fulton47 min
Feb 16, 6:29 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer, Murray6 hr
Feb 16, 6:29 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCBartow, Floyd, Gordon, Pickens, Polk6 hr
Feb 16, 6:29 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCChattooga6 hr
Feb 16, 6:58 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall62 min
Feb 16, 7:03 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett27 min
Feb 16, 7:20 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton, Walton55 min
Feb 16, 7:20 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Barrow, Jackson55 min
Feb 16, 7:20 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHabersham55 min
Feb 16, 8:55 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCRockdale35 min
Feb 16, 9:39 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard, Troup66 min
Feb 16, 10:43 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCCobb, DeKalb, Fulton4 hr
Feb 16, 12:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston37 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.