Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 1989, 3:31 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 59 min. 3 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
- Apr 4, 1989, 3:31 PM EDT (19:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 1989, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cherokee County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fulton 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, 3:35 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Douglas, GA | |
| Apr 4, 3:50 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Fulton, GA | |
| Apr 4, 3:52 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 51 | Cobb, 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 041931
SVRATL
GAC057-067-097-121-042030-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
331 PM EDT TUE APR 4 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
...CHEROKEE...COBB...DOUGLAS...FULTON
A LINE OF VERY INTENSE AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORMS IS SWEEPING THROUGH
THE AREA.
MOVEMENT IS TO THE 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 CA)LM 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
Local storm report, Apr 4, 2:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 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, 1 hour 3 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, 49 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, 45 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.
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 3:13 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 315 PM EDT TUE APR 4 1989 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 90 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA...A SMALL PART OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...AND A SMALL PART OF SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE. IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...JASPER AND PUTNAM COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA. AT 310 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND EAST ALABAMA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA EAST OF LAGRANGE. STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
Local storm report, Apr 4, 3:28 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT CORRECTED FOR THE YEAR 1989 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 327 PM EDT TUE APR 4 1989 REPORT FROM WAGA-TV. TREES DOWN IN CARROLL COUNTY NEAR BOWDEN AT 315 PM. TORNADO REPORTED ON GROUND BETWEEN BREMEN AND BOWDEN IN NORTHERN CARROLL COUNTY AT 315 PM DAMAGE TO HOUSES. REPORT BY HARALSON COUNTY EMA. TREES DOWN IN BREMEN AREA ABOUT 315 PM...PUBLIC REPORT. TREES UPROOTED NORTH OF CARTERSVILLE AT 321 PM. TRAINED SPO#TTER REPORT.
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 | Gilmer, Pickens | 50 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, 3:36 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 |
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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.