Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 30, 1990, 7:22 PM EDT for Taylor 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
- Aug 30, 1990, 7:22 PM EDT (23:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 1990, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Taylor 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 7:25 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Taylor, GA | |
| Aug 30, 8:00 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Taylor, 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 407 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -216 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1326 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 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 302323 SVRCSG GAC269-310015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 722 PM EDT THU AUG 30 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...TAYLOR COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF BUTLER GEORGIA MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. ONE INCH HAIL HAIL HAS BEEN OBSERVED WITH THIS STORM. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STOR)M HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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, Aug 30, 4:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
FLZ004-302140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FLORIDA 440 PM EDT THU AUG 30 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE UNTIL 10 PM EDT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTH ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND THE BIG BEND. THESE STORMS SHOULD BE MOVING INTO GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. THESE STORMS COULD PROUDUCE HAIL VERY STRONG WINDS AND LIGHTENING. PERSONS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER.
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 5:08 PM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
TTAAFL KTLH 302108 FLZ003-005-006-007-GAZ011-012-301900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 505 PM EDT (205 PM CDT) THU AUG 30 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT... AT 505 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS STRECHING ACROSS THE BIG BEND AREA OF FLORIDA FROM TALLAHASSEE TO MADISON. RADAR ALSO DETECTED ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE NEAR CRESTVIEW FLORIDA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH. PERSONS LIVING IN THE BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE AREAS OF FLORDIA CAN EXPECT STRONG WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVES THROUGH THE REGION kTHIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 5:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
FLZ004-302240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FLORIDA 540 PM EDT THU AUG 30 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE UNTIL 10 PM EDT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTH ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND. THESE STORMS MOVED INTO FRANKLIN COUNTY LAST HOU@R JUST NORTH OF CARRABELLE. THESE STORMS COULD PROUDUCE HAIL VERY STRONG WINDS AND LIGHTENING. PERSONS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER.
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 5:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
FLZ004-302240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FLORIDA 540 PM EDT THU AUG 30 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE UNTIL 10 PM EDT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTH ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND. THESE STORMS MOVED INTO FRANKLIN COUNTY LAST HOUER JUST NORTH OF CARRABELLE. THESE STORMS COULD PROUDUCE HAIL VERY STRONG WINDS AND LIGHTNING. PERSONS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER.
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 6:37 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
FLZ004-302335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FLORIDA 635 PM EDT THU AUG 30 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE UNTIL 10 PM EDT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTH ALABAMA...SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND. THESE STORMS CONTINUED OVER FRANKLIN COUNTY LAST HOUR OVER CARRABELLE. AND APALACHICOLA. THESE STORMS COULD PROUDUCE HAIL VERY STRONG WINDS AND LIGHTNING. PERSONS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER.
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 6:42 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
TTAAFL KTLH 302242 FLZ003-005-006-007-GAZ011-012-301900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 630 PM EDT (205 PM CDT) THU AUG 30 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SEMINOLE..DECATUR GRADY...THOMAS AND BROOKS IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE... AT 640 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED JUST OFF SHORE TAYLOR COUNTY. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED NEAR CROSS CITY AND EXTENDED NORTH TO NEAR MAYO FLORIDA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 12:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Marion, Stewart, Webster | 55 min |
| Aug 30, 1:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Stewart | 55 min |
| Aug 30, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dougherty | 60 min |
| Aug 30, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Early, Miller | 67 min |
| Aug 30, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt | 48 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.