Tornado Warning 5, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Mar 16, 1990, 7:40 PM EST (00:40 UTC)

Expired

Mar 16, 1990, 8:15 PM EST

In force

35 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Clarke County, GA, Madison County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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.

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TTAA00 KAHN 170041
TORAHN
GAC059-195-221-170130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
740 PM EST FRI MAR 16 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...CLARKE COUNTY...SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY
   ...NORTHERN OGLETHORPE COUNTY
 
AT 735 PM EST...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR THE CHASE APARTMENTS JUST
OF JEFFERSON ROAD IN ATHENS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 50 MPH. THIS STORM
WILL BE ENTERING SOUTHERN MADISON OR NORTHERN OGLETHORPE COUNTIES
WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GETV UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

Tornado Warnings in Georgia, 1990Every tornado warning in 1990Tornadoes in 1990

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.