Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 1990

Tornado Warning 13, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 5, 1990Colquitt County, Cook County, Tift County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at May 5, 1990, 5:45 PM EDT for Colquitt County, Cook County, Tift County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 5, 1990, 5:45 PM EDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 1990, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Tift County, GA

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KAYS), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 198 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 1990-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 1990-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-84 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
809 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCSG 052202
TORCSG
GAC071-075-277-052230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
545 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLWING LOCATIONS...
 
 
 
 
     ...NORTHEASTERN COLQUITT COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN COOK COUNTY
     ...SOUTHEASTERN TIFT COUNTY
 
A TORNADO WERE REPORTED BY THE COLQUITT COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT NEAR
CROSSLAND IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF COLQUITT COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST.
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Georgia, 1990Every tornado warning in 1990Tornadoes 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.