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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 16, 1990, 1:06 PM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 69 min. 7 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
- Feb 16, 1990, 1:06 PM EST (18:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 1990, 2:15 PM EST
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Baker County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Miller 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 1:15 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Miller, GA | |
| Feb 16, 1:15 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Dougherty, GA | |
| Feb 16, 1:15 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Baker, GA | |
| Feb 16, 1:37 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Baker, GA | |
| Feb 16, 1:37 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Dougherty, GA | |
| Feb 16, 1:37 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Miller, GA | |
| Feb 16, 1:55 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Early, 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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 265 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 574 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 301 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 295 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KCSG 161811
SVRCSG
GAC321-007-095-099-177-201-161915-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
106 PM EST FRI FEB 16 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
...WORTH
IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
...BAKER...DOUGHERTY...EARLY...LEE...MILLER
COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING
FROM LESLIE GA TO ASHFORD AL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CAUSED GUSTY
WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALLS. THIS LINE IS MOVING TO THE EAST
SOUTHEAST AT 45 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, Feb 16, 10:51 AM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
TTAAFL KTLH 161551 FLZ003-GAZ011-162100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1055 AM EST FRI FEB 16 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 46 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WATCH AREA IS 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES EAST OF PENSACOLA FLORIDA TO 45 MILES EAST OF COLUMBUS GEORGIA. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FLORIDA COUNTY OF JACKSON AND THE GEORGIA COUNTIES OF SEMINOLE AND DECATUR. CURRENTLY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES ONLY LIGHT RAIN OCCURING OVER PARTS OF JACKSON COUNTY AND OVER SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. HOWEVER HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS ARE CURRENTLY LOCATED IN PARTS OF SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE OUTLOOK FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IMMEDIATELY.G CTC
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 12:27 PM EST, 39 minutes before
TTAAFL KTLH 161727 FLZ003-GAZ011-162100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1230 PM EST FRI FEB 16 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 46 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WATCH AREA IS 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES EAST OF PENSACOLA FLORIDA TO 45 MILES EAST OF COLUMBUS GEORGIA. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FLORIDA COUNTY OF JACKSON AND THE GEORGIA COUNTIES OF SEMINOLE AND DECATUR. CURRENTLY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING IN COVERAGE OVER JACKSON AND SEMINOLE COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. HOWEVER..NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED THE BIG BEND AREA OF FLORIDA OR SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE OUTLOOK FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IMMEDIATELY. CTC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 10:24 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Harris | 66 min |
| Feb 16, 10:51 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Muscogee | 69 min |
| Feb 16, 11:51 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Quitman, Randolph, Stewart | 69 min |
| Feb 16, 11:51 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Webster | 69 min |
| Feb 16, 11:51 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Macon, Schley | 69 min |
| Feb 16, 1:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lee, Worth | 69 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.