Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 5, 1989, 9:18 PM EST for Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 5, 1989, 9:18 PM EST (02:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 5, 1989, 10:00 PM EST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Troup 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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 190 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 060217
SVRATL
GAC285-060300-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
918 PM EST SUN MAR 5 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
...TROUP
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR AT 9 17 PM EST MOVING
INTO WEST TROUP COUNTY.
MOVEMENT IS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 37 MPH.
MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WILL TAKE IT THROUGH THE WEST POINT LAKE...
LAGRANGE AND NORTHERN TROUP COUNTY AREAS BEFORE 10 PM.
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.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.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, 7:33 PM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 730 PM EST SUN MAR 5 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EST FOR MOST OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR NORTH GEORGIA. AT 730 PM EST THE ATHENS RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTCENTRAL GEORGIA IN THE AUGUSTA VICINITY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA...NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE. ALSO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO WESTCENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA NEAR AIKEN. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION AND SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY TO MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE AREA IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Mar 5, 7:40 PM EST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 730 PM EST SUN MAR 5 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EST FOR MOST OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR NORTH GEORGIA. AT 730 PM EST THE ATHENS RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTCENTRAL GEORGIA IN THE AUGUSTA VICINITY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA...NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE. ALSO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO WESTCENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA NEAR AIKEN. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION AND SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY TO MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE AREA IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Mar 5, 7:52 PM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 750 PM EST SUN MAR 5 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA UNTIL 11 PM EST AND FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL..SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 2AM EST TONIGHT... AT 745 PM EST COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING A SOLID AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTHWEST GEORGIA INTO EASTERN ALABAMA..ACTUALLY OCCURRING FROM DALLAS GEORGIA TO TROY ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS IN SOUTHERN TALLAPOSSA COUNTY ALABAMA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THE WHOLE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA CAN EXPECT POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER AND SlHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER WHEN THESE STORMS APPROCH. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER NEWS FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 5, 9:02 PM EST, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 900 PM EST SUN MAR 5 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 25 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MONDAY MORNING FOR A LARGE PART OF GEORGIA...INCLUDING ALL OF CENTRAL GEORGIA ...AND PARTS OF WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA... AT 9 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON WAS SHOWING A BAND OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA...EXTENDING SOUTHWEST INTO EAST AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE STORMS IN ALABAMA WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TV FOR LATER INFORMATION ON THESE DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS.
Local storm report, Mar 5, 9:05 PM EST, 13 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
910 PM EST SUN MAR 5 1989
710 PM...TALLAPOOSA P.D. - QUARTER SIZE HAIL...2 BARNS COMPLETELY
DESTROYED...1 BARN WITH EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. (7 MI N OF
TALLAPOOSA IN HARALSON CO.)Special weather statement, Mar 5, 9:10 PM EST, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 910 PM EST SUN MAR 5 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA UNTIL 11 PM EST AND FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL..SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 2AM EST TONIGHT... AT 905 PM EST COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING A SOLID AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTHWEST GEORGIA INTO EASTERN ALABAMA..ACTUALLY OCCURRING FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF ATLANTA SOUTHWEST TO LUVERNE AND OZARK ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN NORTHERN LEE AND CHAMBERS COUNTY NORTH OF AUBURN...ALSO 10 MILES SOUTH OF UNION SPRINGS AND NEAR LOUISVILLE ALABAMA. THESE STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH WHILE THE WHOLE AREA MOVES EAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA..INCLUDING THE COLUMBUS/PHENIX CITY AREA..CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL WITH THESE STRONGER STORMS. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. REMEMBER ANY STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE TORNADOS. YOU SHOULD BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER WHEN THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER 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, 7:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson | 60 min |
| Mar 5, 8:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 38 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
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.