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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Jacksonville, FL

May 27, 1989Appling County, Wayne County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1989, 8:02 PM EDT for Appling County, Wayne County, Georgia. It was in force for 58 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
May 27, 1989, 8:02 PM EDT (00:02 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 1989, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Appling County, GA, Wayne 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 27, 8:45 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Wayne, 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

Jacksonville, FL (KAYS), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 134 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 1989-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2464 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 1989-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2464 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1623 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 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 KSAV 280006
SVRSAV
GAC001-305-280100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAVANNAH GA
802 PM EDT  MAY 27 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAVANNAH HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
          ...EASTERN APPLING...WAYNE
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY WAYCROSS WEATHER RADAR
AROUND 5 MILES EAST OF BAXLEY. THE SEVERE STORM IS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
 
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 9FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 9:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXGlynn61 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.