Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1989, 6:26 PM EDT for Clayton County, Fayette County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 1989, 6:26 PM EDT (22:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1989, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clayton County, GA, Fayette 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 677 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 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 062226
SVRATL
GAC063-113-151-062315-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
626 PM EDT TUE JUN 6 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
...CLAYTON...FAYETTE...HENRY
AT 620 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR TYRONE IN
NORTHWEST FAYETTE COUNTY AND ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
JONESBORO. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT ABOUT 15 MILES
AN HOUR. ONE HALF TO THREE-QUARTERS INCH DIAMETER HAIL HAS BEEN
REPORTED IN JONESBORO.
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, Jun 6, 5:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 455 PM EDT MON JUN 5 1989 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AREA CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHERN SECTION OF HALL COUNTY AND WILL BE MOVING INTO BARROW AND THE WESTERN PART OF JACKSON COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS AREA CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN THESE COUNTIES AND ADJACENT COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER UNTIL THESE THUNDERSTORMS PASS OVER.
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 5:52 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 550 PM EDT MON JUN 5 1989 A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED FROM FRANKLIN COUNTY GEORGIA SOUTHWEST TO THE ATLANTA AREA THEN TO ABOUT 25 MILES NORTH OF LAGRANGE. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...STRONG AND GUSTY WIND...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER THE NORTH HALF OF GEORGIA EXCEPT THE EAST CENTRAL PORTIONS WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING INTO EAST ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE AND EXTREME NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH.
Local storm report, Jun 6, 6:02 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 600 PM EDT TUE JUN 6 1989 COUNTY........ FAYETTE COUNTY SOURCE........ NWS EMPLOYEE TIME.......... 1648EST LOCATION...... NORTH FAYETTE COUNTY TYPE STORM.... THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... PEA-SIZED DAMAGE........ NONE INJURIES...... NONE WARNING....... > COUNTY........ CLAYTON COUNTY SOURCE........ PUBLIC TIME.......... 1658EST LOCATION...... JONESBORO TYPE STORM.... THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... PEA-SIZED DAMAGE........ NONE INJURIES...... NONE WARNING.......
Local storm report, Jun 6, 6:03 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 600 PM EDT TUE JUN 6 1989 COUNTY........ FAYETTE COUNTY SOURCE........ NWS EMPLOYEE TIME.......... 1648EST LOCATION...... NORTH FAYETTE COUNTY TYPE STORM.... THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... PEA-SIZED DAMAGE........ NONE INJURIES...... NONE WARNING....... > COUNTY........ CLAYTON COUNTY SOURCE........ PUBLIC TIME.......... 1658EST LOCATION...... JONESBORO TYPE STORM.... THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... PEA-SIZED DAMAGE........ NONE INJURIES...... NONE WARNING.......
Local storm report, Jun 6, 6:15 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 613 PM EDT TUE JUN 6 1989 COUNTY........ CLAYTON COUNTY SOURCE........ HAM OPERATOR TIME.......... 2214UT LOCATION...... JONESBORO TYPE STORM.... THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... 1/2 INCH TO 3/4 INCH HAIL DAMAGE........ NONE INJURIES...... NONE WARNING.......
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry | 49 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.