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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 17, 1989Jenkins County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 1989, 12:23 PM EDT for Jenkins County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 1989, 12:23 PM EDT (16:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 1989, 1:00 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Jenkins 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, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 179 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1989-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 28 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1989-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
28 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
680 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KAGS 171623
TORAGS
GAC165-171700-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA
1223 PM EDT SAT JUN 17 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUGUSTA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  100 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
          ...NORTHWESTERN JENKINS
 
AT 1215 PM PUBLIC REPORTS OF TWO TORNADOES SIGHTED IN NORTHEASTERN
EMANUEL COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS
OVER EMANUEL COUNTY MOING NORTHEAST INTO NORTHWESTERN JENKINS COUNTY
AT 35 MPH.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 1:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCScreven42 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Georgia, 1989Every tornado warning in 1989Tornadoes 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.