Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1989, 4:49 PM EDT for Stephens County, Georgia. It was in force for 56 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 1989, 4:49 PM EDT (20:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1989, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Stephens County, GA
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 5:10 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Stephens, GA |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 67 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 052050
SVRAHN
GAC257-052145-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
449 PM EDT MON JUN 5 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
...STEPHENS
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN STEPHENS COUNTY AT THIS TIME.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.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
Local storm report, Jun 5, 4:25 PM EDT, 24 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, 22 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, 21 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
]Local storm report, Jun 5, 4:33 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA COUNTY........ WHITE SOURCE........ PUBLIC TIME.......... 4:05 PM EDT LOCATION...... IN WHITE COUNTY LOCATION UNKNOWN TYPE STORM.... THUNDE/RSTORM HAIL.......... PEA SIZE DAMAGE........ LARGE TREES DOWN WINDS 50MPH PLUS INJURIES...... NONE
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 4:35 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 434 PM EDT MON JUN 5 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 407 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA... HOWEVER...A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ...NUMBER 410...IS IN EFFECT FOR LARGE PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA UNTIL 11 PM EDT. AT 430 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST GEORGIA...FROM NEAR WARM SPRINGS SOUTH TO WAVERLY HALL... TO BUENA VISTA...RICHLAND AND CUTHBERT GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST ABOUT 30 MPH. PERSONS NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER WHEN THESE STORMS APPROACH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ...BRIEF HEA4VY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM SOME OF THE LARGER STORMS. PLEASE CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Jun 5, 4:45 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA COUNTY........ LUMPKIN SOURCE........ EOC CLARKE CO TIME.......... 4:35 PM EDT LOCATION...... DAHLONEGA TYPE STORM.... THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... DAMAGE........ LARGE TREES DOWN WINDS 60MPH PLUS INJURIES...... NONE WARNING.......SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND WATCH
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, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks | 58 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.