Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 22, 1990, 10:29 AM EST for Fayette County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 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
- Feb 22, 1990, 10:29 AM EST (15:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 22, 1990, 11:15 AM EST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fayette County, GA, Fulton 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, 10:40 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Fayette, GA | |
| Feb 22, 11:15 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Fulton, 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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 221538 COR
SVRATL
GAC097-113-121-221615-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED...CORRECTION...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
1029 AM EST THU FEB 22 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
...DOUGLAS...FAYETTE...SOUTHERN FULTON
AT 1029 A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS SHOWN FROM 10 MILES WEST OF
DOUGLASVILLE TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST FAIRBURN TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF
FAYETTEVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.
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
Special weather statement, Feb 22, 6:30 AM EST, 3 hours 59 minutes before
ALZ012-GAZ005-221230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 625 AM EST THU FEB 22 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RUSSELL COUNTY AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES OF EAST ALABAMA TODAY... OVERNIGHT RAINFALL IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA HAS BEEN LIGHT. COLUMBUS RADAR AT 620 AM EST INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN COVERING MOST OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA. THERE WERE ALSO A FEW HEAVY SHOWERS IN TKHE LAKE MARTIN AREA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PLEASE CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Feb 22, 9:31 AM EST, 58 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-221600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 930 AM EST THU FEB 22 1990 AT 930 AM WEATHER RADAR IN MACON SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IN WEST AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THEY WILL BEGIN MOVING INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA BETWEEN 10 AND 11 AM THIS MORNING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL GEORGIA AROEA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 9:38 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 52 min |
| 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 | 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
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.