Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 1989, 8:56 AM EDT for Hall County, Jackson County, Georgia. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 1989, 8:56 AM EDT (12:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 1989, 10:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hall County, GA, Jackson 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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1592 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 281 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 292 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 KAHN 031258
SVRAHN
GAC139-157-031400-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
856 AM EDT MON APR 3 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
...HALL...JACKSON
HALL COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTS THAT GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IS
OCCURRING IN SOUTHERN HALL COUNTY NEAR FLOWERY BRANCH.
THE ATHENS RADAR INDICATES A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN
HALL COUNTY MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 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
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 6:03 AM EDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 605 AM MON APR 3 1989 AT 605 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA IN FANNIN...GILMER...AND MURRAY COUNTIES NEAR THE TOWNS OF BLUE RIDGE...ELLIJAY AND ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF CHATSWORTH. THESE CELLS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT SPEEDS NEAR 40 MPH. THIS WOULD TAKE THEM INTO UNION COUNTY AND THEY WOULD CONTINUE ACROSS FANNIN AND GILMER COUNTIES NEAR THE CITIES OF BLAIRSVILLE AND ELIJAY BETWEEN 6 AM AND 7AM. SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNIN MAY ACCOMPANNY THESE STORMS. PERSONS IN EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CO=NDITIONS AS THESE STORMS APPROACH AND BE READY TO TAKE SHELTER AS NEEDED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 8:47 AM EDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 847 AM EDT MON APR 3 1989 NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA. AT 8 30 AM RADAR INDICATED THE MAIN BAND OF ACTIVITY ALONG A LINE THAT STRETCHED FROM CORNELIA TO CEDARTOWN. THE BAND WAS ABOUT 40 MILES WIDE. A STRONG STORM WAS INDICATED OVER BARTOW AND PAULDING COUNTIES. ANOTHER WAS OVER FORSYTH COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY EAST AROUND 50 MPH. A STORM OVER ROSWELL PRODUCED QUARTER SIZE HAIL EARLIER THIS MORNING IN ADDITION TO FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. PERSONS IN NORTH GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AS THESE STORMS EFFECT THE REGION OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
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.