Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 3, 1990, 1:24 PM EST for Baker County, Mitchell County, Georgia. It was in force for 66 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
- Dec 3, 1990, 1:24 PM EST (18:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 3, 1990, 2:30 PM EST
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Baker County, GA, Mitchell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 3, 2:00 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Mitchell, GA | |
| Dec 3, 2:00 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Baker, 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
Apalachicola Mun, FL (KAQQ), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -153 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 611 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCSG 031824 SVRCSG GAC007-095-177-205-273-031930- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 124 PM EST MON DEC 3 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA ...BAKER COUNTY...DOUGHERTY COUNTY...LEE COUNTY...MITCHELL COUNTY ...TERRELL COUNTY AT 120PM COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS O IN SOUTH WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. THESE ARE THE SAME THUNDERSTORMS THAT CAUSED DAMAGE IN EASTERN ALABAMA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 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, Dec 3, 9:40 AM EST, 3 hours 44 minutes before
FLZ004-031525- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FLORIDA 928 AM EST MON DEC 3 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE UNTIL 2 PM EST... AT 928 AM EST...SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER THE PANHANDLE AND THE COASTAL WATERS WEST OF THE APALACHICOLA RIVER. SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING OVER SOUTH ALABAMA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Dec 3, 10:32 AM EST, 2 hours 52 minutes before
FLZ004-031630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FLORIDA 1025 AM EST MON DEC 3 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE UNTIL 2 PM EST... AT 1025 AM EST...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN... WERE OCCURRING OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND THE COASTAL WATERS. FROM NEAR PANAMA CITY TO PENSACOLA AND SOUTH INTO THE GULF FOR 50 MILES. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHERAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Dec 3, 11:50 AM EST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
FLZ004-031745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FLORIDA 1147 AM EST (1047 AM CST) MON DEC 3 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA FLORIDA PANHANDLE UNTIL 200 PM EST... AT 1130 AM EST..SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... WERE OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE MOSTLY WEST OF THE APALACHICOLA RIVER AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. THE THUNDERSTORMS REACHED INTO SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF PENSACOLA FLORIDA TO 40 MILES WEST OF DOTHAN ALABAMA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Dec 3, 12:15 PM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
FLZ003-031815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1212 PM EST (1112 AM CST) MON DEC 3 1990 AT 1110 AM CST (1210 PM EST) NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES WIDE OVER SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...THE CEN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT GULF COASTAL WATERS. THE LINE EXTENDED FROM DOTHAN ALABAMA ACROSS THE EASTERN CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WALTON. A LINE OF SHOWERS 25 MILES WIDE WAS LOCATED AHEAD OF THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND EXTENDED FROM ALBANY GEORGIA TO PANAMA CITY FORIDA TO 80 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PANAMA CITY. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO JACKSON COUNTY OF NORTH FLORIDA DURING THE HOUR. HEAVY RAIN...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. JGM
Special weather statement, Dec 3, 12:21 PM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
FLZ003-031815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO FIRST PARAGRAPH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1212 PM EST (1112 AM CST) MON DEC 3 1990 AT 1110 AM CST (1210 PM EST) NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES WIDE OVER SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...THE CENTRAL FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT GULF COASTAL WATERS. THE LINE EXTENDED FROM DOTHAN ALABAMA ACROSS THE EASTERN CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WALTON. A LINE OF SHOWERS 25 MILES WIDE WAS LOCATED AHEAD OF THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND EXTENDED FROM ALBANY GEORGIA TO PANAMA CITY FORIDA TO 80 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PANAMA CITY. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO JACKSON COUNTY OF NORTH FLORIDA DURING THE HOUR. HEAVY RAIN...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. JGM
Special weather statement, Dec 3, 12:47 PM EST, 37 minutes before
FLZ004-031845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FLORIDA 1244 PM EST (1144 AM CST) MON DEC 3 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...INCLUDING GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES...UNTIL 600 PM EST... AT 1227 PM EST...A LINE OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN STRETCHED FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOTHAN ALABAMA TO THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE COAST 30 MILES EAST OF FORT WALTON BEACH. THE LINE THEN EXTENDED SOUTHWEST OUT OVER THE GULF FOR 60 MILES. OTHERWISE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE WEST OF THE APALACHICOLA RIVER...SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...AND SOUTHWEST GEORG5IA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 3, 1:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dougherty, Lee, Terrell | 66 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990
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.