Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Oct 1, 1989, 7:03 PM EDT for Hall County, Georgia. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 1, 1989, 7:03 PM EDT (23:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 1, 1989, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hall 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 323 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
- 132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 539 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 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 KAHN 012304
FFWAHN
GAC139-020200-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
703 PM EDT SUN OCT 1 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
...HALL
DURING THE PAST 30 MINUTES HALL COUNTY EMA REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS
FLOODED OVER MANY SECTIONS OF HALL COUNTY DUE TO THE RUN-OFF OF
MUCH OF THE HEAVY RAIN THEY HAVE HAD DURING THE DAY. MANYS SMALL
STREAMS ALSO WILL BE ABOVE BANKFULL.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CR OSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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, Oct 1, 2:03 PM EDT, 5 hours before
URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 155 PM EDT SUN OCT 1 1989 ...VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 150 PM RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN EAST OF ATHENS. OTHER SPOTS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST GEORGIA. DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS OVER SEVEN INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS BEEN MEASURED AT THE ATHENS AIRPORT AND IT WAS STILL RAINING. PERSONS THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD KEEP UPDATED ON THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING. SMALL STREAMS ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA MAY BE NEAR BANKFULL FROM HEAVY RAINS OVERNIGHT. PERSONS LIVING NEAR FLOOD PRONE AREAS AS WELL AS CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD KEEP ALERT FOR FLOODING AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY. SPECIAL ATTENTION SHOULD BE ENFORCED IN THE VICINITY OF EARTHEN DAMS THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST GEORGIA. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED...AND RAIN STILL FALLING...THE GROUND IS GETTING SOFT...THEREFORE IF RAINFALL OF THESE INTENSITIES CONTINUE A DAMBREAK COULD BECOME A REAL POSSIBILITY. PERSONS DOWNSTREAM OF A DAM SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND QUICKLY IF FLOODING BECOMES A REALITY. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH GEORGIA TODAY. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR FLOODING IN THE WATCH AREA. KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR CONTINOUS UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Oct 1, 2:15 PM EDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 215 PM EDT SUN SEP 3 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTH GEORGIA... AT 210 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL LARGE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH TIFT AND COLQUITT COUNTIES IN SOUTH GEORGIA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. AROUND 130 PM SOME WIND DAMAGE OCCURRED NEAR THE FUNSTON COMMUNITY IN COLQUITT COUNTY. IN ADDITION TO STRONG GUSTY WINDS...RESIDENTS OF SOUTH GEORGIA NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Oct 1, 2:19 PM EDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO DATE IN HEADING ONLY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 215 PM EDT SUN OCT 1 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTH GEORGIA... AT 210 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL LARGE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH TIFT AND COLQUITT COUNTIES IN SOUTH GEORGIA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. AROUND 130 PM SOME WIND DAMAGE OCCURRED NEAR THE FUNSTON COMMUNITY IN COLQUITT COUNTY. IN ADDITION TO STRONG GUSTY WINDS...RESIDENTS OF SOUTH GEORGIA NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Local storm report, Oct 1, 5:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...PRELIMINARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
6 00 PM EDT SUN OCT 1 1989
COUNTY..... COLQUITT
SOURCE..... COLQUIT COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE
TIME....... 130 PM EDT...011730Z.
LOCATION... STATE HIGHWAY 37 ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF MOULTRIE...NEAR
COMMUNITY OF FUNSTON GEORGIA.
TYPE....... TORNADO...FUNNEL SIGHTED BY PUBLIC.
INJURIES... TWO FATALITIES. ABOUT 20 INJURED.
DAMAGE..... TWELVE MOBILE HOMES DESTROYED. ONE CHURCH ROOF BLOWN
OFF. SEVERAL HOMES HAD LARGE TREES DOWN.
WATCHES.... NONE
WARNINGS... NONE.
MISC....... REPORT RECEIVED BY WSO COLUMBUS AT 445 PM EDT. PREVIOUS
INFORMATION...ABOUT 2 PM EDT FROM COLQUITT SHERIFF OFFICE...HAD
NO APPARENT INJURIES. PATH OF STORM AND DAMAGE COST NOT YET
KNOWN. COLUMBUS...MACON AND WAYCROSS RADARS REPORTED NO UNUSUAL
ECHOES SUGGESTING ANY SEVERE WEATHER.The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 8:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 3 hr |
| Oct 1, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Burke, Richmond | 51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.