Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1989, 4:42 PM EDT for Emanuel County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 22, 1989, 4:42 PM EDT (20:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1989, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Emanuel 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 KAGS 222042
SVRAGS
GAC107-222115-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA
442 PM EDT THU JUN 22 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUGUSTA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
...EMANUEL
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SOUTHWEST OF
SWAINSBORO GEORGIA MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.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
Local storm report, Jun 22, 11:49 AM EDT, 4 hours 53 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, 3 hours 2 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, 2 hours 5 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 57 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, 1 hour 7 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.
Local storm report, Jun 22, 4:09 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 410 PM EDT THU JUN 22 1989 COUNTY..... HOUSTON SOURCE..... C.D. HOUSTON CO. TIME....... 330 PM EDT JUNE 22, 1989 LOCATION... ARENA ROAD SOUTH OF WARNER ROBINS GA NEAR HIGHWAY 96. TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. WIDTH...... NA LENGTH..... NA HAIL....... MARBLE SIZE HOUSTON LAKE ROAD FEAGAN MILL ROAD WARNER ROBINS. DAMAGE..... FLOODING ON NORTH HOUSTON ROAD IN CITY. TREES...... LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN ALONG ARENA ROAD. INJURES.... NONE COST....... UNKNOWN WATCHES.... NONE WARNINGS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FROM 317 PM TO 400 PM EDT...
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, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Troup | 35 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.