Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1989, 3:29 PM EDT for Houston County, Georgia. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report 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
- Jun 19, 1989, 3:29 PM EDT (19:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1989, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Houston 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 4:04 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Houston, 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 583 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 911 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KMCN 191930
SVRMCN
GAC153-192030-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
329 PM EDT MON JUN 19 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
...HOUSTON
AT 327 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM EAST OF PERRY
GEORGIA IN HOUSTON COUNTY. A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED BY A SHERIFFS
DEPUTY IN THE SAME AREA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.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, Jun 19, 10:16 AM EDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
1015 AM EDT MON JUN 19 1989
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR RUSSELL COUNTY ALABAMA...
...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL
GEORGIA...
AT 1008 EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE LEADING EDGE FROM CLAYTON ALABAMA EXTENDING
NORTH TO SEALE ALABAMA THEN TO COLUMBUS..MANCHESTER AND ATLANTA GEORGIA.
MOVEMENT OF ALL ACTIVITY WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
SOME OF THE LARGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL...AS WELL AS SOME
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. PLEASE STAY
ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND KEEP LISTENING TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS FOR
FURTHER UPDATES.Special weather statement, Jun 19, 12:17 PM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
1215 PM EDT MON JUN 19 1989
...AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHERN
GREENE COUNTY...
AT 1210 PM EDT A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY
WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WAS LOCATED
10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRAWFORDVILLE IN SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTY
AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
PEOPLE IN GREENE AND TALIAFERRO CO>UNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA
SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS THIS
THUNDERSTORM MOVES THROUGH THEIR AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR.Special weather statement, Jun 19, 1:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
145 PM EDT MON JUN 19 1989
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA
COUNTIES OF ELBERT...GREENE...MORGAN...OGLETHORPE AND TALIAFERRO
UNTIL 7 PM EDT...
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TALIAFERRO COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTH
GEORGIA MOUNTAINS...
AT 145 PM EDT THE ATHENS RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER
THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF GEORGIA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT
15 MILES AN HOUR.
PERSONS THROUGHOUT THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE REMAINDER
OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS. NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO REVIEW YOUR SEVERE WEATHER
SAFETY RULES AND BE PREPARED TO RESPOND QUICKLY IN SEVERE WEATHER IS
SPOTTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
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A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CO!NDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEAN FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH
AREA.
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION.Local storm report, Jun 19, 2:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
2PM EDT MON JUN 19, 1989
COUNTY........ TALIAFERRO
SOURCE........ SHF OFFICE
TIME.......... 1 PM
LOCATION...... NEAR SHARRON
TYPE STORM.... THUNDERSTORMS
HAIL.......... SMALL
DAMAGE........ TREES DOWN
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INJURIES...... NONE
WARNING....... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ]Special weather statement, Jun 19, 2:58 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
255 PM EDT MON JUNE 19 1989
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH
CAROLINA AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN GEORGIA UNTIL 7 PM
EDT THIS EVENING. THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES ALMOST ALL OF CENTRAL
GEORGIA.
AT 250 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE STATE. THE
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA WERE IN TWIGGS
COUNTY NEAR JEFFERSONVILLE...IN PULASKI COUNTY WEST OF HAWKINSVILLE...
AND DODGE COUNTY NORTHEAST OF EASTMAN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE INTENSE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
SOME OF THEM COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING AND LARGE HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER
STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 9:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Polk | 47 min |
| Jun 19, 12:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taliaferro | 63 min |
| Jun 19, 1:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Columbia | 47 min |
| Jun 19, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs | 47 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.