Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 10, 1990, 6:30 PM EDT for DeKalb County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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
- Apr 10, 1990, 6:30 PM EDT (22:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 1990, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County DeKalb 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 6:33 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | De Kalb, GA | |
| Apr 10, 6:58 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | De Kalb, 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 674 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 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 102231
TORATL
GAC089-102300-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
630 PM EDT TUE APR 10 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
...DEKALB
AT 630 PM A TORNADO WAS SIGHTED ON THE GROUND NEAR I-285 AND FLAT
SHOALS ROAD MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR )TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 52 min |
| Apr 10, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gordon | 41 min |
| Apr 10, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd | 42 min |
| Apr 10, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Paulding | 42 min |
| Apr 10, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson | 54 min |
| Apr 10, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 47 min |
| Apr 10, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Paulding | 66 min |
| Apr 10, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fulton | 58 min |
| Apr 10, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb | 55 min |
| Apr 10, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Henry, Rockdale | 57 min |
| Apr 10, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 49 min |
| Apr 10, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry | 35 min |
| Apr 10, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 69 min |
| Apr 10, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Newton, Walton | 69 min |
| Apr 10, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston | 58 min |
| Apr 10, 7:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Houston | 64 min |
| Apr 10, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Monroe | 67 min |
| Apr 10, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Putnam | 67 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.