Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 16, 1990, 5:40 PM EST for Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 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
- Mar 16, 1990, 5:40 PM EST (22:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 1990, 6:30 PM EST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 6:00 PM 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 663 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 352 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 390 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 162243
SVRATL
GAC121-162330-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
540 PM EST FRI MAR 16 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
...SOUTHERN FULTON
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
NEAR FAIRBURN IN SOUTH FULTON COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
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.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, Mar 16, 1:58 PM EST, 3 hours 42 minutes before
[GAZ005-ALZ012-161900] SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA[ 2PM EST FRI MAR 16 1990 ] ...THUNDERSTORMS RUMBLING THROUGH PARTS OF COLUMBUS... AT 154 PM EST COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR COLUMBUS AND FORT BENNING IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND NEAR PHENIX CITY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL. RESIDENTS OF MUSCOGEE COUNTY...AS WELL AS THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES...SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS. BE ESPECIALLY ALERT TO THE DANGERS OF LIGHTNING...WEATHERS MOST UNDERRATED KILLER. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. IF DRIVING...DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. STAY TUNED TO COLUMBUS NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATION WXK-55 FOR THE LATEST UP-TO-DATE WEATHER INFORMATION. H [
Special weather statement, Mar 16, 3:22 PM EST, 2 hours 18 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-162200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 320 PM EST FRI MAR 16 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF GEORGIA TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...TORNADO WATCH FOR THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE STATE UNTIL 9 PM EST INCLUDES CRISP AND TURNER COUNTIES IN CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 315 PM RADAR IN MACON SHOWED THE LEADING EDGE OF AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM ATLANTA SOUTHWEST TO COLUMBUS TO NEAR DOTHAN ALABAMA. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE STATE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND SPREAD FURTHER EAST INTO PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA LATER TODAY. CONDITIONS EXIT FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO STRENGTHEN AS THEY MOVE INTO GEORGIA. PEOPLE IN OR CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THREATHENING WEATHER DEVELOPS.
Special weather statement, Mar 16, 3:38 PM EST, 2 hours 2 minutes before
GAZ005-008-ALZ012-162245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 337 PM EST FRI MAR 16 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 89 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND MOST OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA UNTIL 9 PM EST TONIGHT... ...ALSO A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA. AT 325 PM EST COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING FROM CEDARTOWN AND LAWRENCEVILLE GEORGIA TO LUMPKIN GEORGIA AND MONTGOMERY ALABAMA ON SOUTH IN ALABAMA THROUGH LUVERNE TO 35 MILES SOUTH OF ANDALUSIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDER- STORMS WERE ALONG THE LEADING EDGE 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SEALE AND NEAR PITTSVIEW ALABAMA ALONG THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER. OTHER STRONG THUNDER- STORMS WERE IN ALABAMA WEST OF TUSKEEGEE SCATTERED TO 15 MILES NORTH OF TROY. THE AREA OF RAIN WAS MOVING EAST AT 12 MILES AN HOUR WHILE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS ACROSS WEST GEORGIA AND EASTERN ALABAMA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY TO TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION WHEN THESE STORMS COME NEAR. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 16, 5:17 PM EST, 23 minutes before
GAZ001-003-162216-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
515 PM EST THU MAR 15 1990
AT 510 PM EST...HEAVY RAIN AND SHOWERS HAD DEVELOPED OVER NORTHWEST
AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM NORTHEAST OF LA GRANGE IN TROUP
COUNTY AND NEAR DOUGLASVILLE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL
STRETCHED FROM TROUP COUNTY NORTH ACROSS COWETA AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES.
{THIS AREA OF RAINFALL WAS MOVING EAST AT NEAR 40 MPH AND SHOULD CROSS
THE METROPOLITAN AREA BETWEEN NOW AND 7 PM EST.
BRIEF DOWNPOURS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED AS THIS AREA OF
PRECIPITION MOVES INTO THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA.Special weather statement, Mar 16, 5:18 PM EST, 22 minutes before
GAZ001-003-170005- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 515 PM EST THU MAR 15 1990 AT 510 PM EST...HEAVY RAIN AND SHOWERS HAD DEVELOPED OVER NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM NORTHEAST OF LA GRANGE IN TROUP COUNTY AND NEAR DOUGLASVILLE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL STRETCHED FROM TROUP COUNTY NORTH ACROSS COWETA AND DOUGLAS COUNTIE|S. THIS AREA OF RAINFALL WAS MOVING EAST AT NEAR 40 MPH AND SHOULD CROSS THE METROPOLITAN AREA BETWEEN NOW AND 7 PM EST. BRIEF DOWNPOURS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED AS THIS AREA OF PRECIPITION MOVES INTO THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA.
Special weather statement, Mar 16, 5:30 PM EST, 10 minutes before
GAZ001-003-170005- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 515 PM EST FRI MAR 16 1990 AT 510 PM EST...HEAVY RAIN AND SHOWERS HAD DEVELOPED OVER NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM NORTHEAST OF LA GRANGE IN TROUP COUNTY AND NEAR DOUGLASVILLE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL STRETCHED FROM TROUP COUNTY NORTH ACROSS COWETA AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES. THIS AREA OF RAINFALL WAS MOVING EAST AT NEAR 40 MPH AND SHOULD CROSS THE METROPOLITAN ATLANTA AREA BETWEEN NOW AND 7 PM EST. BRIEF DOWNPOURS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED AS THIS AREA OF PRECIPITION MOVES INTO THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 7:25 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Polk | 5 hr |
| Mar 16, 7:52 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens | 5 hr |
| Mar 16, 7:52 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 5 hr |
| Mar 16, 7:52 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Haralson | 5 hr |
| Mar 16, 7:52 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Bartow | 5 hr |
| Mar 16, 10:53 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Gordon, Pickens, Polk | 6 hr |
| Mar 16, 10:53 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Murray | 6 hr |
| Mar 16, 10:53 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 6 hr |
| Mar 16, 10:53 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Haralson | 6 hr |
| Mar 16, 4:37 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Haralson, Polk | 5 hr |
| Mar 16, 4:37 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens | 5 hr |
| Mar 16, 4:37 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Fannin, Murray | 5 hr |
| Mar 16, 4:37 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 5 hr |
| Mar 16, 4:47 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 4 hr |
| Mar 16, 4:47 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Whitfield | 4 hr |
| Mar 16, 6:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Rockdale | 29 min |
| Mar 16, 6:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Newton, Walton | 59 min |
| Mar 16, 6:54 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton | 4 hr |
| Mar 16, 6:54 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 4 hr |
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.