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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 187, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 16, 1989Telfair County, Wheeler County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 16, 1989, 12:27 AM EST for Telfair County, Wheeler County, Georgia. It was in force for 63 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
Nov 16, 1989, 12:27 AM EST (05:27 UTC)
Expired
Nov 16, 1989, 1:30 AM EST
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Telfair County, GA, Wheeler 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 16, 12:55 AM ESTThunderstorm Wind 0Telfair, GA
Nov 16, 1:05 AM ESTThunderstorm Wind 0Wheeler, 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

Jacksonville, FL (KAYS), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 201 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 1989-11-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 633 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 1989-11-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
633 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1106 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.1

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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, Nov 15, 10:32 PM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
1030 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 753 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHWEST GEORGIA.
THE AREA NORTH AND WEST OF ATLANTA IS NO LONGER IN THE WATCH.
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 753 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TOWNS...WHITE...HALL
HABERSHAM AND RABUN COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 11 PM EST.

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 755 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST AND
INCLUDES PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTR^AL GEORGIA.

THUNDERSTORMS MOVED QUICKLY EAST AND EXTENDED FROM NORTH OF ATHENS TO
WEST OF MACON AT 1025 PM EST.
Special weather statement, Nov 15, 10:35 PM EST, 1 hour 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
1030 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST THURSDAY
MORNING FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THIS IS A DANGEROUS
SITUATION WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS.

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA
FROM TOCCOA TO COMMERCE AND COVINGTON. THIS LINE WAS MOVING TO
THE SOUTHEAST 35 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH HAVE BEEN
REPORTED WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. THIS LINE SHOULD MOVE THROUGH
THE ATHENS AREA AROUND 11 PM EST.

ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTH
AND CENTRAL GEORgGIA AND EXTEND INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST 35 MPH.
Special weather statement, Nov 15, 10:40 PM EST, 1 hour 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
1040 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 755 IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE NORTH HALF OF
   GEORGIA UNTIL 1 AM THURSDAY...

AT 1030 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA FROM THE WEST. STORMS
WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WERE JUST WEST OF
MACON NEAR LAKE TOBESOFKEE. THEY WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THEY WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE MACON AREA AND INTO JONES COUNTY
NEAR GRAY BEFORE 11 PM TONIGHT.

HEAVY RAIN WITH THESE STORMS COULD CAUSE STREET FLOODING. STRONG GUSTY
WINDS COULD POSSIBLY BREAK SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BLOW OVER LOOSE TRASH
CANS AND nPATIO FURNITURE.
Special weather statement, Nov 15, 11:31 PM EST, 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
1130 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 755 CONTINUES FOR MOST OF THE NORTH HALF OF
   GEORGIA UNTIL 1 AM THURSDAY...

AT 1125 PM WEATHER RADAR IN MACON SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING
TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA. THEY WERE PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS
FROM ATHENS SOUTHWEST TO MACON AND FURTHER SOUTH TO NEAR ALBANY.

WINDS TO 40 MPH OCCURRED AT THE MACON AIRPORT BETWEEN 1115 AND 1120 PM.
ATHENS REPORTED A WIND GUST JUST AFTER THE HOUR OF 59 MPH. STRONG GUSTY
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST OF
MACON THROUGH MIDDLE GEORGIA.

ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE
WINDS WITH THESE STORMS CAN BREAK SMALL LIMBS FROM TREES AND MOVE LIGHT
OBJECTS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS.
Special weather statement, Nov 16, 12:19 AM EST, 8 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 15, 7:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFayette, Fulton40 min
Nov 15, 7:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGilmer, Gordon, Pickens56 min
Nov 15, 7:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMurray56 min
Nov 15, 8:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett41 min
Nov 15, 8:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Hall, Jackson56 min
Nov 15, 8:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton, Paulding52 min
Nov 15, 8:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee, Cobb52 min
Nov 15, 11:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro66 min
Nov 15, 11:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCElbert66 min
Nov 15, 11:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLincoln, McDuffie, Warren, Wilkes57 min
Nov 15, 11:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCColumbia57 min
Nov 16, 12:02 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBen Hill, Dodge, Wilcox43 min
Nov 16, 12:02 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens43 min
Nov 16, 12:12 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCIrwin, Turner63 min
Nov 16, 12:27 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Treutlen63 min
Nov 15, 7:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHamilton44 min
Nov 15, 7:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBradley34 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.