Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 1989, 4:51 PM EDT for Jasper County, Monroe County, Georgia. It was in force for 69 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
- Apr 4, 1989, 4:51 PM EDT (20:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 1989, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jasper County, GA, Monroe 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, 5:05 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Jasper, GA | |
| Apr 4, 5:05 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Monroe, 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 KMCN 042052
SVRMCN
GAC159-207-042200-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
451 PM EDT TUE APR 4 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
...JASPER
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
...MONROE
RADAR SHOWS AND GROUND REPORTS INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM NORTHEAST GEORGIA SOUTHWEST INTO WESTCENTRAL GEORGIA
AND MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN PART OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS EARLIER
TODAY.
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
Local storm report, Apr 4, 3:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 340 PM EDT TUE APR 4 1989 REPORT FROM WCHK RADIO IN CANTON...CHEROKEE COUNTY TORNADO POSSIBLY ON GROUND WITH MARBLE ZIXE HAIL AND MANY DAMAGE REP8ORTS BEFORE COMMUNICATION LOST. STATION PRESENTLY OFF THE AIR AND PERSONNEL HAVE ASSUMED TORNADO DEFENSIVE READINESS. THE BUILDING SHOOK AND A LOUD ROAR HEARD.
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 3:58 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 400 PM EDT TUE APR 4 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 91 IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL AND A LARGE PART OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 350 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING A FEW THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED FROM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE TO SOUTH OF TALLASEE.. ALSO JUST EAST OF TUSKEGEE AND SOUTH OF OPELIKA. ALL THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. PERSONS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING LARGE HAIL QAND A FEW TORNADOES. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Apr 4, 3:58 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 400 PM EDT TUE APR 4 1989 60 MPH WINDS MEASURED AT HARTSFIELD AIRPORT JUST BEFORE 4 PM EDT.
Local storm report, Apr 4, 4:11 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1610 PM EDT TUE APR 4 1989 COUNTY........DAWSON SOURCE........CIVIL DEFENSE LUMPKIN COUNTY TIME..........2005 UT LOCATION......NEAR DAWSONVILLEk GEORGIA TYPE STORM....FUNNEL CLOUD HAIL..........NONE REPORTED DAMAGE........NONE REPORTED INJURIES......NONE REPORTED WARNING.......SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 1945-2045 UT ]
Local storm report, Apr 4, 4:37 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 430 PM EDT TUE APR 4 1989 AT 425 PM A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWNED IN HENRY COUNTY IN THE TOWN OF MCDONOUGH NEAR HIGHWAY 155. AT 420 PRIVATE CITIZAN REPORTED A UTILITY TRAILER WAS LIFTED OF ITS BASE AND PLACED ON A FENSE BY HIGH WINDS. AT 410 PM DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR JONESBORO IN CLAYTON COUNTY BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE. AT 4PM AT I-153 AND 400 15 INCH TO 18 INCH TREES DOWN...WINDS ESTIMATED AT 85 TO 100 MPHS.
Local storm report, Apr 4, 4:40 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 430 PM EDT TUE APR 4 1989 AT 425 PM A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWNED IN HENRY COUNTY IN THE TOWN OF MCDONOUGH NEAR HIGHWAY 155. AT 420 PRIVATE CITIZEN REPORTED A UTILITY TRAILER WAS LIFTED OFF ITS BASE AND PLACED ON A FENCE BY HIGH WINDS. AT 410 PM DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR JONESBORO IN CLAYTON COUNTY BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE. AT 4PM AT I-153 AND 400 15 INCH TO 18 INCH TREES DOWN...WINDS ESTIMATED AT 85 TO 100 MPHS.
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, 3:31 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, 4:52 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.