Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1989, 8:26 PM EDT for Emanuel County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 1989, 8:26 PM EDT (00:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 1989, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Emanuel 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, 0.4 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
- 758 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 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 KAGS 060027
SVRAGS
GAC107-060115-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA
826 PM EDT FRI MAY 5 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUGUSTA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
...SOUTHERN EMANUEL
AT 820 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN
EMANUEL COUNTY GEORGIA. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 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, May 5, 5:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 552 PM EDT FRI MAY 5 1989 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 183 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST GEORGIA. THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR BUTTS...PIKE...LAMAR...AND UPSON COUNTIES. SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS WILL CONTINUE IN THESE AREAS AND OTHER PARTS OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA...BUT THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS HAS ENDED. THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CE"NTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING.
Special weather statement, May 5, 6:04 PM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 65PM EDT FRI MAY 5, 1989 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 183:
Special weather statement, May 5, 6:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 6PM EDT FRI MAY 5, 1989 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 183: BANKS BARROW CLARKE DAWSON ELBERT FRANKLIN GREENE HABERSHAM HALL HART JACKSON OCONEE LUMPKIN MADISON MORGAN NEWTON OGLETHORPE RABUN STEPHENS TALIAFERRO UNION WALTON WHITE TOWNS ALL THE COUNTIES ABOVE ARE NOO LONGER IN A WARNING OR A WATCH.
Special weather statement, May 5, 6:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 650 PM EDT FRI MAY 5 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MACON AND SUMTER COUNTIES OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...FOR LEE COUNTY OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...AND COLQUITT...COOK...TIFT AND WORTH COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 9 PM EDT... THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA... MOST OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...AND PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. COUNTIES STILL UNDER THE WATCH INCLUDE SUMTER...MACON...LEE... WORTH...COLQUITT...COOK...AND TIFT. AT 645 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS SCATTERED FROM NEAR EUFAULA ALABAMA TO AMERICUS TO NEAR MACON AND CONTINUING NORTHEAST. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOW MAINLY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS ARE STILL FORECAST FOR THE CLEARED COUNTIES ...BUT THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED EAST. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
Special weather statement, May 5, 8:08 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 650 PM EDT FRI MAY 5 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT FOR MACON AND SUMTER COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...AND COLQUITT...COOK...TIFT AND WORTH COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 800 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SOLID LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ABOUT 10 MILES WIDE...EXTENDING FROM AMERICUS GEORGIA SOUTHWEST TO CUTHBERT AND FORT GAINES...AND CONTINUING WEST TO NEAR ENTERPRISE ALABAMA. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR CUTHBERT. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA CAN EXPECT A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA FROM AMERICUS AND LESLIE WEST TO DAWSON...CUTHBERT AND FORT GAINES. PLEASE CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, May 5, 8:11 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR TIME. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 808 PM EDT FRI MAY 5 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT FOR MACON AND SUMTER COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...AND COLQUITT...COOK...TIFT AND WORTH COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 800 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SOLID LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ABOUT 10 MILES WIDE...EXTENDING FROM AMERICUS GEORGIA SOUTHWEST TO CUTHBERT AND FORT GAINES...AND CONTINUING WEST TO NEAR ENTERPRISE ALABAMA. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR CUTHBERT. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA CAN EXPECT A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA FROM AMERICUS AND LESLIE WEST TO DAWSON...CUTHBERT AND FORT GAINES. PLEASE CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Screven | 44 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.