Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 1989, 5:12 PM EDT for Jones County, Putnam 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
- Apr 4, 1989, 5:12 PM EDT (21:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 1989, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jones County, GA, Putnam 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, 5:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 | Putnam, GA | |
| Apr 4, 5:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Jones, 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 88 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 042112
SVRMCN
GAC169-237-042215-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
512 PM EDT TUE APR 4 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
...JONES
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
...PUTNAM
AT 510 PM EDT MACON WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO PUTNAM AND JONES COUNTIES. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS CAUSED CONSIDERABLE WIND DAMAGE IN MONROE COUNTY
WITHIN THE PAST HOUR.
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, 4:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute 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, 35 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, 32 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.
Local storm report, Apr 4, 5:00 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 450 PM EDT TUE APR 4 1989 JUST AFTER 4 PM SCATTERED TREES DOWN OVER CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE. AT 410...3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED IN NORTH FAYETTE COUNTY. AT 348...1 INCH HAIL REPORTED NEAR SPRING ROAD IN SYMRNA. AT 352 PM...WIND MEASURES 59 MPH NEAR SYMRNA. AT 355...2 1/2 SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN NENNAN TRUE VALUE HARDWARE STORE LOSS ITS ROOF. AN EARLIER REPORT CORRECTION... AT 4PM 15 INCH TO 18 INCH TREES DOWN ON GEORGIA 153...1 MILE EAST OF 400. WINDS ESTIMATED AT 85 TO 100 MPH.
Local storm report, Apr 4, 5:07 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 450 PM EDT TUE APR 4 1989 JUST AFTER 4 PM SCATTERED TREES DOWN OVER CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE. AT 410...3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED IN NORTH FAYETTE COUNTY. AT 348...1 INCH HAIL REPORTED NEAR SPRING ROAD IN SMYRNA. AT 352 PM...WIND MEASURES 59 MPH NEAR SMYRNA. AT 355...2 1/2 SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN NENNAN TRUE VALUE HARDWARE STORE LOSS ITS ROOF. AN EARLIER REPORT CORRECTION... AT 4PM 15 INCH TO 18 INCH TREES DOWN ON GEORGIA 153...1 MILE EAST OF 400. WINDS ESTIMATED AT 85 TO 100 MPH.
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 5:08 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 507 PM EDT TUE APR 4 1989 THE SEVERE STORMS THAT OCCURRED EARLIER ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA HAVE ENDED AND THE TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 90 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA... ALL COUNTIES TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM BLAIRSVILLE TO LAKE LANIER TO CONYERS TO GRIFFIN TO LAGRANGE. THE CLEARED AREA COVERS MOST OF THE METRO ATLANTA AREA. POINTS TO THE EAST AND SOUTH OF THIS LINE REMAIN UNDER A TORNADO WATCH THIS EVENING. IT IS EMPHASIZED THAT PEOPLE LIVING IN EAST AND CENTRAL...AND A LARGE PART OF SOUTH GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER...AND LISTEN FOR STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
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, 4:51 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, 5:20 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.