Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 156, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 1989, 10:12 PM EDT for Morgan County, Oconee County, Walton County, Georgia. It was in force for 53 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
- Aug 25, 1989, 10:12 PM EDT (02:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 1989, 11:05 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Morgan County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Walton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 10:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Morgan, GA | |
| Aug 25, 10:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Walton, 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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 33 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
- 2275 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1356 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, Aug 25, 6:12 PM EDT, 4 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 613 PM EDT FRI AUG 25 1989 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FROM STEPHENS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA HAS BEEN CANCELED. AT 613 PM EDT...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN STEPHENS COUNTY HAD DISSIPATED. HOWEVER...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING TO FORM IN THE AFTERNOON HEAT OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LEVELS. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD KEEP ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER AT THE FIRST SIGN OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO N.O.A.A. WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR ANY ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 6:14 PM EDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECTION TO TEXT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 613 PM EDT FRI AUG 25 1989 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FROM STEPHENS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA HAS BEEN CANCELED. AT 613 PM EDT...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN STEPHENS COUNTY HAD DISSIPATED. HOWEVER...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING TO FORM IN THE EVENING HEAT OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LEVELS. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD KEEP ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER AT THE FIRST SIGN OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO N.O.A.A. WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR ANY ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Aug 25, 6:35 PM EDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 630PM EDT FRI AUG 25 1989 COUNTY........ STEPHENS SOURCE........ RADIO STATION W N E G TIME.......... APROX 530 PM EDT LOCATION...... 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOCCOA, GA TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... NICKEL SIZE REPORTED AT TRANSMITTER SITE DAMAGE........ NONE INJURIES...... NONE WARNING....... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING VT 25/1718 EDT TO 25/1818 EDT
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 8:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 815 PM EDT FRI AUG 25 1989 ...DANGEROUS HEAT CAN PRODUCE NEAR SEVERE STORMS... SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FORMED IN THE COLUMBUS-PHENIX CITY AREA AND WERE MOVING VERY SLOWLY SOUTHEAST. THE STORMS WERE IN SOUTH COLUMBUS..5 MILES NORTH OF SEALE ALABAMA AND BETWEEN OPELIKA AND PHENIX CITY ALABAMA. DUE TO THE VERY HIGH TEMPERATURES THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. ALSO DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT..LOCAL FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE. PLEASE TAKE PRECAUTIONS IF THESE STORMS APPROCH YOU. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER POSSIBLE STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 8:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 846 PM EDT FRI AUG 25 1989 ...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS IN PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 840 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM IN DOUGHERTY COUNTY WAS NO LONGER SEVERE. HOWEVER...THERE WERE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS STILL OCCURRING IN PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE MOST NOTEABLE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EAST DOUGHERTY COUNTY...AND EAST OF TIFTON IN TIFT COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS VERY SLOWLY EAST SOUTHEAST. THESE STORMS WERE LIKELY PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WEARE PROBABLY ACCOMPANYING THESE STORMS AS WELL. THE STORM IN DOUGHERTY COUNTY PRODUCED WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH AND RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR THIS STORM EARLIER BUT HAS NOW EXPIRED AS OF 830 PM.
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 9:53 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 950 PM EDT FRI AUG 25 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING OVER OCONEE ...GREENE AND MORGAN COUNTIES... AT 950 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT ATHENS SHOWED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER OCONEE...GREENE AND MORGAN COUNTIES. THE LARGEST OF THESE STORMS WAS LOCATED OVER THE CITY OF WATKINSVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH AND MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. STAY TUNE TO N.O.A.A. WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR ANY ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 10:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Oglethorpe | 53 min |
| Aug 26, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 66 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.