Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 158, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 1989, 6:54 PM EDT for Cherokee County, Georgia. It was in force for 66 min. 1 report 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 26, 1989, 6:54 PM EDT (22:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 1989, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cherokee 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 26, 7:02 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Cherokee, 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 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 275 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 825 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 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 KATL 262257
SVRATL
GAC057-270000-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
654 PM EDT SAT AUG 26 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
...CHEROKEE
RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ON THE BARTOW-CHEROKEE COUNTY
LINE MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD TOWARD CANTON.
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 26, 3:42 PM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 340PM EDT SAT AUG 26 1989 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA....NOT START AGAIN! THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO THE COLUMBUS PHENIX CITY AREA AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WAS OVER THE CITIES. NUMEROUS STORMS WERE OVER WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA MOVGING SLOWLY EAST. PERSONS NEAR THESE STORMS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS AND BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 3:43 PM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 340PM EDT SAT AUG 26 1989 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA.... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO THE COLUMBUS PHENIX CITY AREA AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WAS OVER THE CITIES. NUMEROUS STORMS WERE OVER WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA MOVING SLOWLY EAST. PERSONS NEAR THESE STORMS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS AND BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 4:23 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 423 PM EDT SAT AUG 26 1989 ...THNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHWEST GEORGIA... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM WESTERN METROPOLITAN ATLANTA TO SOUTH OF LA GRANGE AT 410 PM EDT. THE LARGEST AND MOST INTENSE STORM WAS SOUTHEAST OF LA GRANGE. READAR INDICATED THE SUMMER STORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. THEY WILL MOVE ACROSS THE ATLANTA AREA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS. ANYONE INVOLVED IN WEEKEND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD SEEK PROTECTION FROM THE LIGHTNING AT THE FIRST INDICATION OF THE STORMS APPROACH. GO INSIDE A HOME... SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING OR STEEL ROOFED VEHICLE QUICKLY. THE STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. BRIEF LOCAL FLASH FLOODING OF ROADS MAY OCCUR. < MOTIRISTS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN ENOUGH IN THE HEAVY RAIN TO AVOID HYDROPLANING AND RUNNING INTO SLOWER OR STOPPED VEHICLES AHEAD.
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 5:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
TTAASP KAHN 262136 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 630 PM EDT SAT AUG 26 1989 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED MOVING SOUTH ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 628 PM EDT THE ATHENS RADAR INDICATED A 20 MILES WIDE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTHEAST ALABAMA...ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA...INTO NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA. THIS LINE WAS LOCATED FROM THE WEISS RESEVOIR IN ALABAMA...TO FAIRMONT AND CLEVELAND GEORGIA TO NEAR ANDERSON AND GREENVILLE SOUTH CAROLINA. THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. STORMS OF THESE STREGNTH PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...GUSTY SURFACE WINDS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 5:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
TTAASP KAHN 262148 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 545 PM EDT SAT AUG 26 1989 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHWARD ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN ATHEN INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EXTREME NORTHERN COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD EFFECT ALL THE COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE BREIF HEAVY RAIN DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...GUSTY SURFACE WINDS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS AND BE PREPARED TO SEpEK SAFE SHELTER. STAY TUNED TO N.O.A.A. WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR ANY ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 5:56 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
600 PM EDT SAT AUG 26 1989
...THNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHWEST GEORGIA...
AT 550 PM RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO
THE COUNTIES OF EXTREME NORTHWEST GEORGIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING INTO GEORGIA FROM SOUTHEASTERN TENNESSEE AND NORTHEAST ALABAMA.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR...AND SHOULD
AFFECT MOST OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.
PERSONS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THESE STORMS AND BE
PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND {ESPECIALLY
FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.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 | Morgan, Oconee, Walton | 53 min |
| Aug 25, 10:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Oglethorpe | 53 min |
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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.