Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 5, 1989, 7:00 PM EST for Haralson County, Georgia. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 5, 1989, 7:00 PM EST (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 5, 1989, 8:00 PM EST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Haralson County, GA
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 559 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 381 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 468 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KATL 060000
SVRATL
GAC143-060100-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
700 PM EST SUN MAR 5 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
...HARALSON
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF TALLAPOOSA IN HARALSON
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 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, Mar 5, 5:27 PM EST, 1 hour 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 530 PM EST SUN MAR 5 1989 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH ALONG THE WESTERN BORDER OF GEORGIA FROM CHATTANOOGA SOUTH TO THE LAGRANGE AREA. THIS WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM THIS EVENING. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES JUST TO THE WEST OF ATLANTA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER EASTERN ALABAMA...AND SEVERAL OF THESE STORMS PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAINS... AND HAIL EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS STORMY WEATHER AS IT APPRAOCHES NORTHWEST GEORGIA. PEOPLE IN THE AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE AREA IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Mar 5, 6:32 PM EST, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 630 PM EST SUN MAR 5 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR HARRIS AND TROUP COUNTIES GEORGIA AND FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA INCLUDING RUSSELL COUNTY UNTIL 11 PM EST TONIGHT... AT 625 PM EST COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING A SOLID AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTHEAST INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN MONTGOMERY AND COOSA COUNTIES ALABAMA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH WHILE THE WHOLE AREA WAS PUSHING EAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS THIS ACTIVTY MOVES EAST. LISTEN TO NOAA WHEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 8:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 38 min |
| Mar 5, 9:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Troup | 42 min |
| Mar 5, 10:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas | 54 min |
| Mar 5, 10:40 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Fulton | 35 min |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.