Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 1989, 8:35 PM EDT for Crawford County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 min. 2 reports 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 27, 1989, 8:35 PM EDT (00:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 1989, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crawford 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 27, 8:36 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Crawford, GA | |
| Jul 27, 9:05 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Crawford, 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 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 2240 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1433 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 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 KMCN 280039
SVRMCN
GAC021-079-153-169-225-280115-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
835 PM EDT THU JUL 27 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
...BIBB...CRAWFORD...HOUSTON...JONES...PEACH
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED QUICKLY IN TAYLOR COUNTY AND MOVED TO
SOUTHWEST CRAWFORD COUNTY AT 835 PM EDT. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED WIND
GUSTS OVER 50 MILES AN HOUR ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL. LARGE TREE LIMBS
HAVE FALLEN ACROSS POWER LINES NEAR ROBERTA IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES.
THE STORM IS MOVING EAST 15 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE IN FORT VALLEY
IN A FEW MINUTES AND APPROACH WARNER ROBINS IN ONE HALF HOUR..
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 8:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Jones | 40 min |
| Jul 27, 8:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Peach | 40 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.