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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Atlanta, GA
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 12:16 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 3 hr |
| Feb 16, 12:52 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Bartow, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens | 3 hr |
| Feb 16, 12:52 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Fannin, Murray | 3 hr |
| Feb 16, 1:22 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 53 min |
| Feb 16, 1:23 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 3 hr |
| Feb 16, 1:23 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Whitfield | 3 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:08 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 3 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:51 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Polk | 4 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:51 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Fannin | 4 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:51 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Bartow, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens | 4 hr |
| Feb 16, 4:39 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker, Whitfield | 3 hr |
| Feb 16, 4:39 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 3 hr |
| Feb 16, 5:58 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton | 47 min |
| Feb 16, 6:29 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Murray | 6 hr |
| Feb 16, 6:29 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Gordon, Pickens, Polk | 6 hr |
| Feb 16, 6:29 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 6 hr |
| Feb 16, 6:58 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 62 min |
| Feb 16, 7:03 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 27 min |
| Feb 16, 7:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton, Walton | 55 min |
| Feb 16, 7:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Jackson | 55 min |
| Feb 16, 7:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Habersham | 55 min |
| Feb 16, 8:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Rockdale | 35 min |
| Feb 16, 9:39 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 66 min |
| Feb 16, 10:43 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton | 4 hr |
| Feb 16, 12:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston | 37 min |
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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.