Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 21, 1989, 8:04 AM EST for Monroe County, Georgia. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 21, 1989, 8:04 AM EST (13:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 21, 1989, 9:00 AM EST
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Monroe 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
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 538 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 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 KMCN 211305
SVRMCN
GAC207-211400-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
804 AM EST TUE MAR 21 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
...MONROE
AT 805 AM EST THIS MORNING WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN UPSON COUNTY MOVING EAST AT NEAR 50 MPH.
THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE THROUGH MONROE COUNTY NEAR FORSYTH
DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTBRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
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, Mar 21, 7:03 AM EST, 1 hour 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 705 AM EST TUE MAR 21 1989 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA... AT 700 AM EST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL INTENSE AND FAST MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. MOST OF THE STORMS WERE FROM WOODBURY SOUTHWEST TO WARM SPRINGS...THROUGH HARRIS COUNTY TO SALEM AND CRAWFORD IN EAST ALABAMA. ANOTHER CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM JUNCTION CITY GEORGIA SOUTHWEST TO CUSSETA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST ABOUT 40 MPH. THESE RAPIDLY MOVING THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...STRONG WINDS...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. RESIDENTS OF THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Mar 21, 7:16 AM EST, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 715 AM TUE MAR 21 1989 A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTH FAYETTE COUNTY NEAR BROOKS AT 715 AM MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD HAVE SOME STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN ADDITION TO FREQUENT LIGHTNING. ON ITS PRESENT COURSE THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE PASSING THROUGH SOUTH HENRY COUNTY AND NORTH SPALDING COUNTY JUST NORTH OF GRIFFIN BY 8 AM AS WELL AS THE PANHANDLE OF CLAYTON COUNTY. RESIDENTS OF THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR ANY THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK PROTECTIVE SHELTER IF NECESSARY.
Special weather statement, Mar 21, 7:32 AM EST, 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 730 AM EST TUE MAR 21 1989 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA... AT 725 AM EST WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SCATTERED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL ALABAMA...INCLUDING THE COLUMBUS/PHENIX CITY AREA. THE LARGEST STORM WAS NEAR MANCHESTER GEORGIA...WITH OTHER INTENSE STORMS FROM TALBOTTAN SOUTHWEST TO COLUMBUS...TO SEALE AND HURTSBORO ALABAMA. ANOTHER VERY ACTIVE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM BUENA VISTA GEORGIA TO EUFAULA ALABAMA. MOVEMENT WAS STILL RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH. THESE FAST MOVING THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...STRONG WINDS...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
Special weather statement, Mar 21, 7:39 AM EST, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TO ADD LAST LINE. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 730 AM EST TUE MAR 21 1989 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA... AT 725 AM EST WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SCATTERED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL ALABAMA...INCLUDING THE COLUMBUS/PHENIX CITY AREA. THE LARGEST STORM WAS NEAR MANCHESTER GEORGIA...WITH OTHER INTENSE STORMS FROM TALBOTTAN SOUTHWEST TO COLUMBUS...TO SEALE AND HURTSBORO ALABAMA. ANOTHER VERY ACTIVE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM BUENA VISTA GEORGIA TO EUFAULA ALABAMA. MOVEMENT WAS STILL RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH. THESE FAST MOVING THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...STRONG WINDS...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AND LISTEN %TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 9:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Haralson, Polk | 36 min |
| Mar 20, 9:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 36 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989
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.