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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 1990, 2:29 PM EDT for Chattahoochee County, Harris County, Muscogee County, Georgia; Russell County, Alabama. It was in force for 91 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
- Apr 28, 1990, 2:29 PM EDT (18:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 1990, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 91 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Russell County, AL, Chattahoochee County, GA, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2:50 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Russell, AL | |
| Apr 28, 2:58 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 58 | Muscogee, GA | |
| Apr 28, 3:15 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Muscogee, GA | |
| Apr 28, 3:40 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Chattahoochee, 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
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 718 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCSG 281830 SVRCSG ALC113-GAC053-145-215-282030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 229 PM EDT SAT APR 28 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA ...RUSSELL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY...HARRIS COUNTY...MUSCOGEE COUNTY WEATHER RADAR INDICATED TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL DURING THE PAST HOUR. MOVEMENT TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. A TO*RNADO 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, Apr 28, 9:41 AM EDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
FLZ006-007-281545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 941 AM EDT SAT APR 28 1990 AT 930 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM VALDOSTA GEORGIA TO GREENVILLE FLORIDA IN MADISON COUNTY TO SCANLON IN TAYLOR COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE THROUGH MADISON...TAYLOR AND DIXIE COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS. ADB
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 2:13 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
FLZ006-282015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 211 PM EDT SAT APR 28 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DIXIE AND TAYLOR COUNTIES... AT 200 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST SOUTH OF PERRY FLORIDA EXTENDING SOUTHWEST INTTHE GULF TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF ST. MARKS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 6 MPH. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS INDICATED OVER THE GULF 25 MILES SOUTH OF THE JEFFERSON COUNTY COAST. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE OVER THE APALACHEE BAY AND ACROSS TAYLOR AND DIXIE COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. "STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS. ADB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Macon, Taylor | 57 min |
| Apr 28, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Marion, Schley | 2 hr |
| Apr 28, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Macon, Taylor | 57 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.