Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 125, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1989, 1:07 PM EDT for Bibb County, Georgia. It was in force for 53 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
- Jul 3, 1989, 1:07 PM EDT (17:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 1989, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bibb 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 1:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Bibb, 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 text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Jul 3, 10:01 AM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jul 3, 11:57 AM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 1200 PM EDT MON JUL 3 1989 AT 1155 AM COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN AND A FEW HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS ALL ACROSS WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND BECOMING SCATTERED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA. ALL THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS GEORGIA SINCE 8AM THIS MORNING. SOME SMALL STREAMS AND STREETS ARE FLOODING ALL ACROSS METROPOLITAN COLUMBUS AND PHENIX CITY ALABAMA. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO BE CAUTIOUS AND NOT EVEN DRIVE IF POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS UNTIL THE RAIN SLACKENS AND THE STREET FLOODING GOES DOWN. PERSONS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MAKE PREPERATIONS FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING AND BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING OCCURS. THIS RAIN WILL CONTINUE BUT BECOME MORE INTERMITTANT FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. LIS&TEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 12:07 PM EDT, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 1205 PM EDT MON JUL 03 1989 WIDESPREAD RAIN WITH EMBEDDED HEAVY SHOWERS WAS OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF GEORGIA AT MIDDAY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS INSIDE A 20 MILE BAND THAT EXTENDED FROM LAKE LANIER TO COLUMBUS. SINCE 8 AM... OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AT THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN COLUMBUS... WITH 1.37 AT HARTSFIELD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN ATLANTA. ELSEWHERE... AMOUNT AVERAGED BETWEEN 1/2 TO 1 INCH. STREET FLOODING AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS. MOTORIST ARE ADVISED TO BE SLOW DOWN. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AN0D TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 12:54 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 1255 PM EDT MON JUL 03 1989 BETWEEN 8 AM AND NOON...1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE ATLANTA METRO AREA. RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN MACON AND COLUMBUS...BUT MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN WAS FALLING IN THE VICINITY OF ATLANTA AT 1230 PM. SINCE 8 AM...ATLANTA REGIONAL HOSPITAL IN DE KALB COUNTY HAS REPORTED TWO INCHES OF RAIN...AND SOME FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS HAS OCCURRED IN DE KALB COUNTY. AT 1245 PM...PEACHTREE CREEK WAS AT 10.1 FEET AND RISING STEADILY. A CREST OF BETWEEN 12 AND 13 FEET IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 3 AND 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...IF MORE HEAVY RAIN OCCURS...THE ACzTUAL CREST MAY BE MUCH HIGHER. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING THROUGH FLOOD PRONE AREAS...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATIONS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 6:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 115 min |
| Jul 3, 5:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Hamilton | 2 hr |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.