Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1989, 3:55 PM EDT for Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 22, 1989, 3:55 PM EDT (19:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1989, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Troup 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 496 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 559 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 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 KATL 221956
SVRATL
GAC285-222030-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
355 PM EDT THU JUN 22 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
...TROUP
AT 355 PM EDT GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED BY THE LAGRANGE POILCE
DEPARTMENT. RADAR INDICATED THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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 22, 11:39 AM EDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 1139 AM EDT THU JUN 22 1989 A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. THE WATCH AREA IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM ROME TO DAWSONVILLE TO TOCCOA. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ROME...DALTON ...CHATSWORTH...BLAIRSVILLE...AND CLAYTON. AT 1135 AM RADAR INDICATED THAT NUMEROUS RAINSHOWERS WITH WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER NEARLY ALL THE WESTERN PART OF THE WATCH AREA. 0.14 INCHES FELL AT ROME IN ABOUT AN HOUR. THE SHOWERS WERE SHOWING A SLOW EASTWARD MOVEMENT WHICH ADDS TO A QUICK RESOAKING OF ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS AND PRODUCES A STRONG RUNOFF. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MAINTAIN AWARENESS OF THIS WEATHER SITUATION. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION AS HEAVY DOWNPOURS REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND CREATE WATER PONDING ON ROADWAYS WHICH CAUSES SKIDS. SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS CAN RISE RAPIDLY UNDER THESE CONDITIONS AND FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. KNOWN AREAS OF POOR DRAINGAGE OR OTHER FLOOD PRONE LOW LYING REGIONS MIGHT BE AVOIDED IF POSSIBLE...DON'T ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH MOVING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. MANY DEATHS OCCUR EACH pYEAR WHEN PEOPLE TRY TO DRIVE THROUGH SWOLLEN STREAMS AND CREEKS. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION BY LISTENING TO THIS STATION.
Local storm report, Jun 22, 11:49 AM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
1200 PM EDT THU JUN 22 1989
COUNTY..... LAURENS
SOURCE..... C.D. GEROGE BRACEWELL
TIME....... 505 PM EDT JUNE 21, 1989
LOCATION... EAST DUBLIN GA. SOUTHEAST PAPER COMPANY CONSTRUCTION SITE
AND CADWELL GA. 15 SOUTHWEST DUBLIN.
TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
WIDTH...... NA
LENGTH..... NA
HAIL....... NONE
DAMAGE..... STACKS OF SHEET METAL BLOWN OFF CONSTRUCTION SITE. SHEET
METAL BLOWN OFF BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION. ALSO SEVERAL
PORTABLE JOHNS BLOWN OFF AND AROUND CONSTRUCTION SITE.
TREES...... NUMEROUS LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN NEAR CADWELL.
INJURES.... NONE
COST....... UNKNOWN
WATCHES.... NONE
WARNINGS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FROM 435 PM TO 530 PM EDT...
6/21/89.Special weather statement, Jun 22, 1:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 130 PM EDT THU JUN 22 1989 A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM BLAIRSVILLE TO NEAR LAKE SIDNEY LANIER THEN TO CARROLLTON GEORGIA. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST 20 MPH. HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED AS THIS LINE MOVES ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA. ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA AND THE ADJOINING STATES. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST 20 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 2:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 230 PM EDT THU JUN 22 1989 ...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA FROM HIAWASSE TO GAINESVILLE AND EAST OF ATLANTA NEAR CONYERS. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST 25 MPH ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE AzLSO INDICATED OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA NEAR CLAYTON. ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA AND THE ADJOINING STATES. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST 25 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 2:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 240PM EDT JUNE 223, 1989 HALL COUNTY EOC REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN THEIR COUNTY AT 235PM EDT. THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON THE INCREASE ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA WITH A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR CLARKSVILLE TO NEAR GAINESVILLE TO JUST WEST OF WINDER. THIS LINE MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR WILL ELEMENTS MOVE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS...HAIL... BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND SEVERE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WITH THE STORMS INTO THE EVENING HOURS TODAY.
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 3:35 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 330 PM EDT THU JUN 22 1989 A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA FROM JUST NORTH OF ATHENS NEAR DANIELSVILLE TO COVINGTON. HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS. ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVER A LARGE PORTION OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA AND EXTEND INTO THE ADJOINING STATES. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST 25 MPH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 9:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Jackson | 49 min |
| Jun 22, 12:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 47 min |
| Jun 22, 12:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Paulding | 47 min |
| Jun 22, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Burke | 48 min |
| Jun 22, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston | 43 min |
| Jun 22, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Columbia | 42 min |
| Jun 22, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 33 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.