Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 20, 1989, 9:39 PM EST for Floyd County, Haralson County, Polk County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 20, 1989, 9:39 PM EST (02:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 20, 1989, 10:15 PM EST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Floyd County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Polk 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 713 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 378 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 452 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 KATL 210239
SVRATL
GAC045-115-143-233-210315-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
939 PM EST MON MAR 20 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
...CARROLL...FLOYD...HARALSON...POLK
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED BY RADAR IN EASTERN
ALABAMA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING RAPIDLY INTO WESTERN
GEORGIA IN THE AREA FROM CARROLLTON NORTHWARD TO ROME.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CAUSED ROOF DAMAGE AND POWER LINES HAVE
BEEN DOWNED IN THE AREA AROUND ANNISTON ALABAMA TO JACKSONVILLE
ALABAMA.
MOVEMENT IS TO THE EAST AT 45 MPH.
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 20, 9:33 PM EST, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 930 PM MON MAR 21 1989 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING GEORGIA FROM THE WEST... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT WAS IN ALABAMA AT 9 PM EST WILL BE MOVING INTO GEORGIA TONIGHT. DURING THE EVENING SOME OF THESE STORMS PRODUCED HIGH WINDS IN ALABAMA KNOCKING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. AT 914 PM EST WINDS GUSTED TO 61 MPH AT ANNISTON ALABAMA. SOME LARGE HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED AT A FEW PLACES. AT 925 PM EST RADAR SHOWED THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM JUST SOUTHEAST OF GADSDEN ALABAMA TO SOUTH OF LINEVILLE. HIGH WINDS AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE OUT OF ALABAMA INTO NORTHWEST GEORGIA AROUND 945 PM EST. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA...ESPECIALLY FROM THE ROME AREA TO NEAR FRANKLIN ARE URGED TO STAY ABREAST OF WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS... AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK A PLACE OF SAFETY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 9:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 36 min |
| Mar 21, 8:04 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Monroe | 56 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.