Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 16, 1990, 9:44 PM EST for Crawford County, Monroe County, Peach County, Georgia. It was in force for 61 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, 9:44 PM EST (02:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 1990, 10:45 PM EST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Crawford County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Peach 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, 10:20 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Peach, 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 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -108 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 953 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 428 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 525 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMCN 170243
SVRMCN
GAC079-207-225-159-170345-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
944 PM EST FRI MAR 16 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
...CRAWFORD...MONROE...PEACH
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
...JASPER
AT 940 PM RADAR SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR FORSYTH AND WEST
OF ROBERTA AND FORT VALLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 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
Special weather statement, Mar 16, 8:33 PM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
GAZ005-008-011-170230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 832 PM EST FRI MAR 16 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 89 WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM EST BUT CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA UNTIL THEN... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARFE PORTION TO WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.. AT 825 PM EST COLUMBUS WEATHER WAS SHOWING A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WITH A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS OCCURRING FROM MILLEDGEVILLE AND CARTERSVILLE GEORGIA SOUTHWEST TO GREENVILLE AND SAMSON ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN BARBOUR COUNTY ALABAMA. THIS WHOLE AREA HAS MOVED LITTLE IN THE PAST HOUR. SOME SPECTACULAR LIGHTNING AND THUNDER REMAINS IN THIS AREA OF RAIN. MOST FLOOD PRONE AREAS ARE FLOODED TONIGHT. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO TRAVEL WITH CAUTION SINCE THE ROADS ARE SLICK AND FLOODED IN SOME AREAS. PERSONS LIVING NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO POSSIBLE FLOODING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Mar 16, 8:44 PM EST, 1 hour before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
845 PM EST FRI MAR 16 1900
COUNTY........ CLARKE
SOURCE........ GA POWER
TIME.......... APPROX 805 PM EST
LOCATION...... WESTLAKE DRIVE
TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM/TORNADO
HAIL..........
DAMAGE........ UTILITY POWER POLE "SNAPPED-INTO"--ALSO OTHER TREES DOWN
AND POWER OUT.
INJURIES...... NONE AT THIS TIMELocal storm report, Mar 16, 8:52 PM EST, 52 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
850 PM EST FRI MAR 16 1900
COUNTY........ NEWTON
SOURCE........ COVINGTON SHERIFFS DEPT
TIME.......... APPROX 750 PM EST
LOCATION...... COUNTY WIDE
TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM/TORNADO
HAIL..........
DAMAGE........ POWER OUT TO OVER HALF THE COUNTY...NUMEROUS TREES DOWN..
AT ONE POINT "OVER A MILE OF CONTINOUS TREES ACROSS ROAD"
INJURIES...... NONE AT THIS TIMELocal storm report, Mar 16, 9:01 PM EST, 43 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 850 PM EST FRI MAR 16 1900 COUNTY........ WALTON SOURCE........ WALTON CO SHERIFFS DEPT TIME.......... APPROX 755 PM EST LOCATION...... COUNTY WIDE TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM/TORNADO HAIL.......... DAMAGE........ NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES INJURIES...... NONE AT THIS TIME
Special weather statement, Mar 16, 9:02 PM EST, 42 minutes before
GAZ006-170300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 905 PM EST FRI MAR 16 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 89 FOR A PART OF CENTRAL GEORGIA EXPIRED AT 9 PM... AT 900 PM THUNDERSTORMS HAD WEAKENED ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. MOSTLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUED IN CENTRAL GEORGIA FROM CLARK HILL RESERVOIR TO WEST OF MACON. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAIN WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.
Special weather statement, Mar 16, 9:44 PM EST, 0 minutes before
GAZ006-170400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 945 PM EST FRI MAR 16 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 92 COVERS ALL OF CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 4 AM EST SATURDAY MAR 17... AT 940 PM THUNDERSTORMS HAD AGAIN BECOME STRONGER AND WERE INTENSIFYING TO THE WEST OF THE CENTRAL GEORGIA AREA. THEY WERE MOVING FROM NEAR MACON AND TAYLOR COUNTY TOWARD PEACH HOUSTON AND CRAWFORD COUNTY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS MAY BE NEEDED WIT H THESE STORMS VERY SOON. STAY TUNED T
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 7:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Morgan, Oconee | 69 min |
| Mar 16, 7:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 57 min |
| Mar 16, 7:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Jackson, Madison | 57 min |
| Mar 16, 7:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Franklin | 57 min |
| Mar 16, 7:40 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clarke, Madison, Oglethorpe | 35 min |
| Mar 16, 7:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Elbert, Hart | 67 min |
| Mar 16, 7:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 61 min |
| Mar 16, 8:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lincoln | 41 min |
| Mar 16, 8:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lincoln | 61 min |
| Mar 16, 9:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper | 61 min |
| Mar 16, 9:52 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Polk | 8 hr |
| Mar 16, 9:57 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton | 5 hr |
| Mar 16, 9:57 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 5 hr |
| Mar 16, 10:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Jones | 57 min |
| Mar 17, 12:30 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 6 hr |
| Mar 17, 12:30 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas | 6 hr |
| Mar 17, 1:59 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Henry, Rockdale | 4 hr |
| Mar 17, 1:59 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Spalding | 4 hr |
| Mar 17, 1:59 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Lamar, Pike, Upson | 4 hr |
| Mar 17, 1:59 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Butts | 4 hr |
| Mar 17, 2:26 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Monroe | 64 min |
| Mar 17, 5:45 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton | 6 hr |
| Mar 17, 5:45 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 6 hr |
| Mar 17, 6:08 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Butts, Clayton, Fayette, Henry, Lamar, Pike and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 17, 6:08 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Upson | 4 hr |
| Mar 17, 6:08 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Rockdale | 4 hr |
| Mar 17, 6:37 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Fannin | 5 hr |
| Mar 17, 7:21 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | White | 3 hr |
| Mar 17, 7:35 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Jasper, Jones, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Mar 17, 10:54 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Jones, Monroe | 3 hr |
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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.