Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 10, 1990, 5:21 AM EST for Harris County, Muscogee County, Talbot County, Georgia. It was in force for 69 min. 4 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 10, 1990, 5:21 AM EST (10:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 10, 1990, 6:30 AM EST
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Harris County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Talbot 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 10, 5:50 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Harris, GA | |
| Feb 10, 5:50 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Harris, GA | |
| Feb 10, 5:55 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Muscogee, GA | |
| Feb 10, 6:20 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Talbot, 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 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 607 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 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 101027
SVRCSG
ALC113-GAC053-145-215-263-101130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
521 AM EST SAT FEB 10 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
...RUSSELL
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
...CHATTAHOOCHEE...HARRIS...MUSCOGEE...TALBOT
A LINE OF STRONG AND VERY FAST MOVING THUNDERSTORMS NOTED BY COLUMBUS
WEATHER RADAR...ALSO THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS CAUSED MUCH DAMAGE
AND INJURIIES IN ALABAMA. THIS LINE WAS MOVING AT 60 MPH TO NORTH
NORTHEAST.
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.The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 5:21 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Chattahoochee | 69 min |
| Feb 10, 5:57 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Muscogee | 63 min |
| Feb 10, 6:06 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Marion, Schley, Stewart, Taylor | 69 min |
| Feb 10, 6:06 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Macon | 69 min |
| Feb 10, 6:37 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Tift | 68 min |
| Feb 10, 7:04 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Muscogee | 41 min |
| Feb 10, 7:07 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dougherty, Lee, Worth | 68 min |
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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.