Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1989, 4:32 PM EDT for Banks County, Georgia. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 1989, 4:32 PM EDT (20:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1989, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Banks 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 1390 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 739 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KAHN 052034
SVRAHN
GAC011-137-187-311-052130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
432 PM EDT MON JUN 5 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
...BANKS...HABERSHAM...LUMPKIN...WHITE
AT 425 PM EDT A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED
BY RADAR IN WHITE AND LUMPKIN COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVG NORTHEAST AT MILES AN HOUR.
PERSONS IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THESE
STORMS UNTIL 530 PM EDT.
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 AREAS0 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, Jun 5, 3:59 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 400 PM EDT MON JUN 5 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 407 CONTINUES UNTIL 7 PM EDT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND TROUP AND MERIWETHER COUNTIES OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 355 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IN AN AREA FROM LANETT ALABAMA...SOUTH TO PHENIX CITY AND FORT MITCHELL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE MOVING NORTHEAST ABOUT 25 MPH. THIS MOVEMENT WILL BRING SOME OF THEM THROUGH THE CITY OF COLUMBUS DURING THE NEXT HOUR. PERSONS NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING RESIDENTS OF THE COLUMBUS AND PHENIX CITY AREA...SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER WHEN THESE STORMS APPROACH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE LARGER STORMS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 4:01 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 400 PM EDT MON JUN 5 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTH GEORGIA UNTIL 7 PM... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CENTRAL GEORGIA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA UNTIL 11 PM... AT 355 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTOMRS 10 MILES SOUTHWEST AND 20 MILES SOUTH OF CARROLLTON GEORGIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY BE ACCOMPANIED BY TORRENTIAL RAIN AND WINDS GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. SOME LOW LYING INTER- SECTIONS MAY BE TEMPORARILY FLOODED AS THE HEAVIEST RAIN OCCUR. ELSEWHERE...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA MOVEMENT. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS IN THE AREAS OF THESE WATCHES SHOULD STAY ALERT AND TAKE APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH.
Local storm report, Jun 5, 4:23 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA COUNTY........ HALL SOURCE........ PUBLIC TIME.......... 3:45 PM EDT LOCATION...... NEAR CHESTNUT MT TYPE STORM.... THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... PEA SIZE DAMAGE........ LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN ON POWER LINES INJURIES...... NONE WARNING....... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND WATCH ] (
Local storm report, Jun 5, 4:25 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
COUNTY........ WALTON
SOURCE........ PUBLIC
TIME.......... 3:40 PM EDT
LOCATION...... NEAR CAMPTON
TYPE STORM.... THUNDERSTORM
HAIL.....*..... PEA SIZE
DAMAGE........ LARGE TREES DOWN
INJURIES...... NONE
]Local storm report, Jun 5, 4:27 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
COUNTY........ BARROW
SOURCE........ PUBLIC
TIME.......... 3:40 PM EDT
LOCATION...... NEAR CAMPTON
TYPE STORM.... THUNDERSTORM
HAIL.....+..... PEA SIZE
DAMAGE........ LARGE TREES DOWN
INJURIES...... NONE
]Local storm report, Jun 5, 4:28 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
CORRECTION
COUNTY........ WALTON
SOURCE........ PUBLIC
TIME.......... 3:40 PM EDT
LOCATION...... NEAR FT YARGO STATE PARK
TYPE S,TORM.... THUNDERSTORM
HAIL.......... PEA SIZE
DAMAGE........ LARGE TREES DOWN
INJURIES...... NONE
]The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Hall, Jackson, Oconee, Walton | 55 min |
| Jun 5, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan, Newton | 55 min |
| Jun 5, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Habersham, Lumpkin, White | 58 min |
| Jun 5, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stephens | 56 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.