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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 1, 1989Paulding County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1989, 4:10 PM EDT for Paulding County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 1989, 4:10 PM EDT (20:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1989, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Paulding 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 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 145 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1989-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 774 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1989-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
774 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-130 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1050 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, Jun 1, 12:14 PM EDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
1210 PM EDT THU JUN 1 1989

HOT HUMID CONDITIONS HAVE CAUSED AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM TO DEVELOP
JUST NORTHEAST OF SUMMERVILLE IN CHATTOOGA COUNTY OF NORTHWEST
GEORGIA. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY CONTAIN SOME SMALL HAIL AS IT MOVES
TO THE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE CHATTAHOOTCHEE NATIONAL FOREST IN THE
NEXT HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 4:01 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
400 PM EDT THU JUN 1 1989

HOT HUMID CONDITIONS HAVE CAUSED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP
DURING THE AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA. AT 4 PM A THUNDER-
STORM WAS JUST NORTHEAST OF VILLA RICA IN EXTREME SOUTH PAULDING
COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM LIKELY CONTAINS SMALL HAIL IN ADDITION
TO VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. RESNIDENTS OF PAULDING COUNTY
AS WELL AS NORTHWEST DOUGLAS COUNTY WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS
STORM UNTIL AROUND 5 PM.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 5:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford44 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.