Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 10, 1990, 7:07 AM EST for Dougherty County, Lee County, Worth County, Georgia. It was in force for 68 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, 7:07 AM EST (12:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 10, 1990, 8:15 AM EST
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dougherty County, GA, Lee County, GA, Worth 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, 7:10 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Worth, GA | |
| Feb 10, 7:55 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Dougherty, GA | |
| Feb 10, 8:00 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Lee, GA | |
| Feb 10, 8:00 AM EST | 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 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 228 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
- 1210 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 585 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 261 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 267 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.0
- Supercell composite
- 10.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCSG 101211
TORCSG
GAC321-095-177-101315-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
707 AM EST SAT FEB 10 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
...WORTH
IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
...DOUGHERTY...LEE
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVG TO EAST NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH...DAMAGE CAUSED
BY THESE STORMS.
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.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 | Harris, Muscogee, Talbot | 69 min |
| 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 |
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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.