Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 22, 1990, 9:38 AM EST for Heard County, Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 52 min. 1 report 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
- Feb 22, 1990, 9:38 AM EST (14:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 22, 1990, 10:30 AM EST
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Heard County, GA, Troup 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 9:50 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Troup, 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, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 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 KATL 221443
SVRATL
GAC149-285-221530-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
938 AM EST THU FEB 22 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
...HEARD
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
...TROUP
AT 935 AM EST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTHWEST OF
LAGRANGE GEORGIA AND ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
FRANKLIN GEORGIA. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
WIND DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN ALABAMA FROM THESE STORMS.
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 ARXEAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 10:01 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Meriwether | 44 min |
| Feb 22, 10:15 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta | 30 min |
| Feb 22, 10:21 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Peach | 54 min |
| Feb 22, 10:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fayette, Fulton | 46 min |
| Feb 22, 10:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Douglas | 46 min |
| Feb 22, 10:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston | 45 min |
| Feb 22, 10:47 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton | 43 min |
| Feb 22, 10:47 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb | 43 min |
| Feb 22, 11:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Hall, Lumpkin | 55 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.