Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1989, 9:59 PM EDT for Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 61 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 8, 1989, 9:59 PM EDT (01:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1989, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Laurens 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 8, 10:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Laurens, 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 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 186 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 615 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 8, 6:00 PM EDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 600 PM EDT THU JUN 8 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH...NUMBER 439...CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA UNTIL 9 PM EDT... AT 555 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN STILL COVERING MOST OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND EXTREME EXTREME EAST ALABAMA. WITHIN THIS LARGE RAIN AREA WERE A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY AROUND DAWSON...SHELLMAN AND EDISON GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AND EXTREME EAST ALABAMA SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF NECESSARY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 7:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 716 PM EDT THU JUN 8 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 439 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AND EXTREME EAST ALABAMA... AT 712 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN STILL COVERING MOST OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND EXTREME EXTREME EAST ALABAMA. WITHIN THE LARGE RAIN AREA WERE A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY AROUND LESLIE AND AMERICUS GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS STILL RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AROUND 45 MPH. PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AND EXTREME EAST ALABAMA SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF NECESSARY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Local storm report, Jun 8, 7:23 PM EDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 725 PM EDT THU JUN 8 1989 COUNTY........ BAKER COUNTY (CSG CWA
Local storm report, Jun 8, 7:27 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT..CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 725 PM EDT THU JUN 8 1989 COUNTY........ BAKER COUNTY (CSG CWA) SOURCE........ TV METEOROLOGIST TIME.......... REPORTED ABOUT 7:10PM EDT LOCATION...... 2S DOUGHTERY-BAKER COUNTY LINE AT PINE LAND PLANTATION TYPE STORM.... THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... NONE DAMAGE........ TREES DOWN... ROOF DAMAGE INJURIES...... NONE WARNING....... NONE
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 7:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 730 PM EDT THU JUN 8 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH 439 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND PARTS OF ALABAMA AND FLORIDA... AT 725 PM WEATHER RADAR IN MACON SHOWED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA ALONG WITH FEW THUNDERSTORMS. THE THUNDER- STORMS WERE 25 TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF MACON NEAR HAWKINSVILLE TO CORDELE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND LIGHTNING. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN GEORGIA...PEOPLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS EVENING. CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER BROADCASTS ON THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL BROADCAST STATIONS.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 8:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 828 PM EDT THU JUN 8 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 439 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AND EXTREME EAST ALABAMA... AT 822 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE LARGE RAIN AREA STILL COVERED MOST OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THERE WERE ALSO A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AROUND CORDELE GEORGIA...ALSO IN THE COLQUITT AND DONALSONVILLE AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. LARGE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO NEAR MARIANNA FLORIDA AND DOTHAN ALABAMA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 45 MPH. SOME WIND DAMAGE WAS REPORTED JUST SOUTH OF ALBANY GEORGIA DURING THE PAST HOUR. PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF NECESSARY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STaATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 10:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Treutlen | 53 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.