Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 153, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 1989, 5:02 PM EDT for Burke County, Richmond County, Georgia; Aiken County, Barnwell County, South Carolina. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 17, 1989, 5:02 PM EDT (21:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 1989, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Burke County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Aiken County, SC, Barnwell County, SC
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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 831 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 872 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KAGS 172103
SVRAGS
GAC033-245-SCC003-011-172200-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA
502 PM EDT THU AUG 17 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUGUSTA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
...EAST CENTRAL BURKE...SOUTHEASTERN RICHMOND
IN WEST CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
...SOUTHERN AIKEN...WESTERN BARNWELL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 455 PM WAS DETECTING A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM JUST TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF BUSH FIELD AIRPORT IN
SOUTHEAST RICHMOND COUNTY GA. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT
ABOUT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
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, Aug 17, 12:23 PM EDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
1223 PM EDT THU AUG 17 1989
...THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING CENTRAL GEORGIA...
AT 1215 PM MACON WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORSYTH IN LAMAR COUNTY TO NORTH OF
ROBERTA IN CRAWFORD COUNTY TO 5 MILES WEST OF MASHALLVILLE IN MACON
COUNTY. THE STORMS HAD VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
THEY WERE MOVING EAST 20 MILES AN HOUR.
THESE STORMS DEVELOPED RAPIDLY AND MAY APPROACH SEVERE INTENSITY
SOON. STAY TUNED TO RADIO FOR WARNINGS OR FURTHER STATEMENTS ON
THE PROGRESS OF THESE STORMS. PERSONS IN PEACH...CRAWFORD...AND MONROE
COUNTIES BE VERY WATCHFUL ESPECIALLY TO WEATHER APPROACHING UFROM
THE WEST.Local storm report, Aug 17, 4:02 PM EDT, 1 hour before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 405 PM EDT THU AUG 17 1989 COUNTY..... BIBB SOURCE..... CHANNEL 13 TV TIME....... 125 PM EDT LOCATION... NORTH BIBB COUNTY TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDER4STORM HAIL....... 3/4 INCH HAIL DAMAGE..... NOT ASSESSED TREES...... NONE INJURES.... NONE WATCHES.... NONE WARNINGS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EFFECT 100 PM TO 145 PM EDT.
Local storm report, Aug 17, 4:08 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 409 PM EDT THU AUG 17 1989 COUNTY..... JONES SOURCE..... EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY TIME....... 220 PM EDT LOCATION... JOYCLIFF ROAD SOUTH JONES COUN:TY TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL....... 3/4 INCH HAIL DAMAGE..... NOT ASSESSED TREES...... LARGE TREES UPROOTED INJURES.... NONE WATCHES.... NONE WARNINGS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EFFECT 205 PM TO 300 PM EDT.
Local storm report, Aug 17, 4:13 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 413 PM EDT THU AUG 17 1989 COUNTY..... BIBB SOURCE..... SHERIFF OFFICE TIME....... 240 PM EDT LOCATION... WEST BIBB COUNTY HIGHWAY 80 PATROL TYPE ST<ORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL....... 3/4 INCH HAIL DAMAGE..... NOT ASSESSED TREES...... NO REPORT INJURES.... NONE WATCHES.... NONE WARNINGS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EFFECT 205 PM TO 300 PM EDT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 1:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb | 41 min |
| Aug 17, 2:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Jones | 54 min |
| Aug 17, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Burke | 52 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1989Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.