Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 1989, 3:10 PM EDT for Gilmer County, Pickens County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 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
- Apr 4, 1989, 3:10 PM EDT (19:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 1989, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Gilmer County, GA, Pickens 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 3:15 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Gilmer, 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -310 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 670 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 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 041910
SVRATL
GAC045-123-143-149-223-227-042000-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
310 PM EDT TUE APR 4 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
...CARROLL...GILMER...HARALSON...HEARD...PAULDING...PICKENS
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING RAPIDLY THROUGH NORTH
GEORGIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.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 4, 1:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 130 PM EDT TUE APRIL 4 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 90 IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 10 PM EDT... AT 130 PM EDT THE ATHENS RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROME...NEAR TRION. THUNDERSTORMS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN RAPIDLY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE HAIL. ALSO TORNADOES CAN AND OFTEN DO DEVELOP RAPIDLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS THROUGHOUT THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO GO OVER YOUR SEVERE WEATHER PROCEDURES AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. ELSEWHERE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUUTHEAST TENNESSEE AND WESTCENTRAL GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR CONTINOUS WEATHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS DURING THIS SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL.
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 2:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 200 PM EDT TUE APR 4 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR CHATTOOGA AND WALKER COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 2PM EDT... ...TORNADO WATCH...WATCH NUMBER 90...IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM. THIS WATCH COVERS A LARGE PART OF THE NORTH GEORGIA...AND ADJACENT PARTS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND TENNESSEE... AT 200 PM...THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDER- STORM WARNINGS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA HAD WEAKENED. THE THUNDERSTORM MOVED INTO SOUTHWEST WHITFIELD COUNTY AT 2 PM. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL AS THIS STORM MOVED ACROSS CHATTOOGA COUNTY. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. OTHER THUNDERSHOWERS WERE INDICATED BY RADAR STARTING TO DEVELOP IN THE AREA BETWEEN ATLANTA AND COLUMBUS GEORGIA. PERSONS IN NORTHERN GEORGIA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
Local storm report, Apr 4, 2:12 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 212 PM EDT TUE APR 4 1089 RADIO STATION WGTA IN SUMMERVILLE HAS RECEIVED SEVERAL REPORTS OF HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND SOME THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS AROUND MENLO IN CHATTOOGA GEORGIA AROUND 145 PM EDT.
Local storm report, Apr 4, 2:28 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 229 PM EDT TUE APR 4 1089 FLOYD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY HAS REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND SOUTHWEST OF ROME BETWEEN ROME AND CAVE SPRINGS GEORGIA AT 223 PM EDT.
Local storm report, Apr 4, 2:42 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 243 PM EDT TUE APR 4 1089 FLOYD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY REPORTS TREES BEING BLOWN DONW IN ROME AREA AT 240 PM EDT.
Local storm report, Apr 4, 2:46 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT CORRECTED FOR THE YEAR 1989 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 243 PM EDT TUE APR 4 1989 FLOYD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY REPORTS TREES BEING BLOWN DONW IN ROME AREA AT 240 PM EDT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 1:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 54 min |
| Apr 4, 1:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walker | 49 min |
| Apr 4, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walker | 41 min |
| Apr 4, 2:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 42 min |
| Apr 4, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walker | 49 min |
| Apr 4, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 44 min |
| Apr 4, 2:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Polk | 55 min |
| Apr 4, 2:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Gordon | 55 min |
| Apr 4, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Paulding | 50 min |
| Apr 4, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard | 50 min |
| Apr 4, 3:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Paulding | 37 min |
| Apr 4, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, Douglas, Fulton | 59 min |
| Apr 4, 3:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Forsyth | 54 min |
| Apr 4, 3:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 49 min |
| Apr 4, 3:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 46 min |
| Apr 4, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Hall, Lumpkin | 56 min |
| Apr 4, 3:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Henry, Rockdale, Spalding | 47 min |
| Apr 4, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Habersham | 69 min |
| Apr 4, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 69 min |
| Apr 4, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton, Walton | 69 min |
| Apr 4, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | White | 63 min |
| Apr 4, 4:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Banks, Habersham, Hall, Jackson | 69 min |
| Apr 4, 4:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Stephens | 57 min |
| Apr 4, 4:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Lamar, Pike, Upson | 41 min |
| Apr 4, 4:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Butts | 41 min |
| Apr 4, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Monroe | 69 min |
| Apr 4, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Elbert, Franklin, Hart, Madison, Oglethorpe | 68 min |
| Apr 4, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Taliaferro | 68 min |
| Apr 4, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones, Putnam | 63 min |
| Apr 4, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford | 55 min |
| Apr 4, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Peach, Twiggs | 66 min |
| Apr 4, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Wilkinson | 66 min |
| Apr 4, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Hancock, Warren | 62 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.