Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 16, 1990, 4:52 PM EST for Harris County, Muscogee County, Georgia. It was in force for 53 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
- Mar 16, 1990, 4:52 PM EST (21:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 1990, 5:45 PM EST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Harris County, GA, Muscogee 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, 5:25 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Muscogee, GA | |
| Mar 16, 5:30 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Harris, 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 663 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 352 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 390 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 KCSG 162154 SVRCSG GAC145-215-162245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 452 PM EST FRI MAR 16 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...HARRIS COUNTY...MUSCOGEE COUNTY AT 448 PM EST COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF SEALE ALABAMA TO 15 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF COLUMBUS GEORGIA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM HAS CAUSED DAMAGE IN ITS WAKE AND IS A DANGEROUS STORM. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBEaR 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, Mar 16, 3:57 PM EST, 55 minutes before
FLZ003-005-GAZ011-012-162300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 356 PM EST (256 PM CST) FRI MAR 16 1990 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH FLORIDA AND FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. AT THIS TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED ONLY ISOLATED SHOWERS FROM DOTHAN AL TO CRESTVIEW FL. THIS WILL BE THE LAST SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT UNTIL RADAR OR SURFACE REPORTS INDICATE ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 5:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Talbot | 53 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.