Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 16, 1990, 10:03 PM EST for Bibb County, Jones County, Georgia. It was in force for 57 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, 10:03 PM EST (03:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 1990, 11:00 PM EST
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bibb County, GA, Jones 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, 10:50 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Bibb, 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, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 170303
SVRMCN
GAC021-169-170400-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
1003 PM EST FRI MAR 16 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
...BIBB...JONES
AT 10 PM RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM EAST
OF FORSYTH TO NEAR ROBERTA AND FT 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 CHAN!GING 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, Mar 16, 8:44 PM EST, 1 hour 19 minutes 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, 1 hour 11 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, 1 hour 2 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, 1 hour 1 minute 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, 19 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
Special weather statement, Mar 16, 9:54 PM EST, 9 minutes before
GAZ002-004-161730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 950 PM EST FRI MAR 16 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 92 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM SATURDAY FOR THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES OF CLARKE...ELBERT...MADISON...OCONEE... OGLETHORPE...MORGAN...GREENE AND TALIAFERRO... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... AT 945 PM EST THE ATHENS RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTCENTRAL GEORGIA BETWEEN COLUMBUS AND MACON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT NEAR 45 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA CITIES OF ATHENS...MADISON...ELBERTON AND SURROUNDING AREAS SHOULD KEEP ALERT UNTIL THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EVENT IS OVER. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES.
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 | Crawford, Monroe, Peach | 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 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.