Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1990, 8:00 PM EDT for Dougherty County, Georgia. It was in force for 60 min. 1 report 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
- Jul 8, 1990, 8:00 PM EDT (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 1990, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dougherty 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 8:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Dougherty, 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 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 2261 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 931 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCSG 090000 SVRCSG GAC095-090100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 800 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA ...DOUGHERTY COUNTY COLUMBUS WEATHER INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED TO THE SOUTHWEST OF ALBANY GEORGIA. VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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, Jul 8, 7:04 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
FLZ003-090000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 704 PM EDT (604 PM CDT) SUN JUL 8 1990 AT 700 PM EDT (600 PM CDT) NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WEST CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY OF NORTH FLORIDA. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER NORTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED. JGM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 8:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Randolph, Terrell | 62 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.