Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 139, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1989, 7:22 PM EDT for 4 counties in 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 25, 1989, 7:22 PM EDT (23:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 1989, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bartow County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Pickens 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 25, 8:05 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Bartow, 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 760 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1077 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 25, 4:43 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 440 PM EDT TUE JUL 25 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL DEVELOPING OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 430 PM EDT IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER CLEVELAND IN WHITE COUNTY AND FROM JEFFERSON SOUTH TO AROUND MADISON GEORGIA. MOVEMENT SOUTHWEST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND OTHERS WHICH MAY DEVELOP IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. ELSEWHERE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA EAST INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST EAST OF WRENS GEORGIA AND JUST WEST OF ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA. MOVEMENT SOUTHWEST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 5:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 535 PM EDT TUE JUL 25 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL CONTINUED TO OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 530 PM EDT IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST WEST OF DAHLONEGA IN LUMPKIN COUNTY AND FROM JUST WEST OF WINDER IN BARROW COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH NEWTON COUNTY AND OVER THE EXTREME NORTHEAST CORNER OF GEORGIA 20 MILES EAST OF CLAYTON. MOVEMENT SOUTHWEST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND OTHERS WHICH MAY DEVELOP IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. ELSEWHERE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS MUCH OF GEORGIA EAST INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREENWOOD SOUTH CAROLINA. MOVEMENT SOUTHWEST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 5:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
555 PM EDT TUE JUL 25 1989
...THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA...
AT 550 WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED TWO AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER
NORTHWEST GEORGIA.
ONE WAS IN A NARROW LINE ABOUT 10 MILES WIDE EXTENDING FROM NEAR MONROE
IN WALTON COUNTY SOUTH TO MANSFIELD IN NEWTON COUNTY. THE LINE WAS MOVING
WEST NEAR 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO THE EASTERN PART OF ATLANTA DURING
THE NEXT HOUR.
OTHER STORMS WERE 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DAHLONEGA IN LUMPKIN COUNTY.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHWEST NEAR 20 MPH AND WILL EFFECT DAWSON
AND FORSYTH COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.
THESE STORMS MAY BE ACCOMPAMIED BY BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS
AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA
UNTIL AFTER SUNSET.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS FOR
LATER UPDATES ON THESE STORMS.Special weather statement, Jul 25, 7:14 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 715 PM EDT TUE JUL 25 1989 ...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 715 WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF ELLIJAY IN JASPER COUNT...10 AND 20 MILES WEST OF JASPER IN PICKENS COUNTY...OVER ROSWELL IN NORTH FULTON COUNTY. THSES STORMS WERE MOVING WEST AT 15 TO NEAR 20 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN ACCOMPAMIED BY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. PEOPLE SHOULD BE ON ALERT FOR THESE AND OTHER STORMS THAT MAY DEVELOP WITHIN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS UNTIL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY DIMINISHES AFTER SUNSET. YOUR ARE URGED TO REMIAN ALERT UFOR RAPID WEATHER CHNGES FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AND FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 48 min |
| Jul 25, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Burke, Richmond | 51 min |
| Jul 25, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry | 44 min |
| Jul 25, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 37 min |
| Jul 25, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.