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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 144, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 27, 1989Burke County, Jefferson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 1989, 5:26 PM EDT for Burke County, Jefferson County, Georgia. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 27, 1989, 5:26 PM EDT (21:26 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 1989, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Burke County, GA, Jefferson 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 142 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1989-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1803 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1989-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1803 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
946 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KAGS 272126
SVRAGS
GAC033-163-272230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA
526 PM EDT THU JUL 27 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUGUSTA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
          ...BURKE...JEFFERSON
 
AT 520 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IN JEFFERSON COUNTY EAST OF WRENS. THIS STORM IS
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO BURKE COUNTY WITHIN THE
NEXT HALF HOUR.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEA VY 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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWarren47 min
Jul 27, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson45 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.