Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at May 1, 1989, 1:24 PM EDT for Lee County, Sumter County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 1, 1989, 1:24 PM EDT (17:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 1989, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lee County, GA, Sumter 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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 241 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
- 261 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 584 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCSG 011724
TORCSG
GAC177-261-011800-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
124 PM EDT MON MAY 1 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
...NORTHERN LEE
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
...SUMTER
AT 118 PM EDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY THE LEE COUNTY SHERIFFS
DEPARTMENT 10 MILES NORTH OF LEESBURG GEORGIA. THIS STORM SHOULD
BE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, May 1, 10:47 AM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL
1045 AM EDT MON MAY 1 1989
....TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 151 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FRANKLIN AND GULF
COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM EDT.
AT 1025 AM EDT...A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN REACHED
FROM PORT ST JOE TO A POINT IN THE GULF 100 MILES SOUTH OF PORT ST
JOE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS BAND WERE OCCURRING FROM
PORT ST JOE TO CAPE SAN BLAS AND OVER THE GULF 35 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF APALACHICOLA.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH GULF COUNTY DURING THE NEXT
HOUR AND WILL ALSO ENTER FRANKLIN COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
AND CAUSE ROUGH SEAS.
ELSEWHERE...RAIN AND WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST OF
THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
REMEMBER...GULF AND -FRANKLIN COUNTIES ARE IN A TORNADO WATCH AREA.
MONITOR THE WEATHER CLOSELY... KNOW WHERE YOU WOULD FIND SAFE SHELTER
...AND BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF NECESSARY.Special weather statement, May 1, 11:47 AM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL
1145 AM EDT MON MAY 1 1989
....TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 151 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FRANKLIN AND GULF
COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM EDT.
AT 1129 AM EDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN REACHED
FROM 35 MILES WEST OF TALLAHASSEE TO EASTPOINT AND THEN TRAILED SOUTH
OUT OVER THE GULF FOR 75 MILES. THIS LINE WILL CROSS THE CARABELLE...
LANARK...AND ALLIGATOR POINT AREAS DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF PORT ST JOE...AND
WILL MOVE OVER PORT ST JOE DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND
AND ROUGH SEAS CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
ELSEWHERE...RAIN AND WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST OF
THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
REMEMBER...GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES ARE IN A TORNADO WATCH AREA.
MONITOR THE WEATHER CLOSELY... KNOW WHERE YOU WOULD FIND SAFE SHELTER
...AND BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF NECESSARY.Special weather statement, May 1, 12:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1100 AM EDT MON MAY 1 1989 TORNADO WATCH #151 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF FLORIDA...JACKSON... CALHOUN...GADSDEN...LIBERTY...LEON...JEFFERSON...MADISON...WAKULLA ...TAYLOR AND DIXIE. IN GEORGIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF GRADY...SEMINOLE...DECATUR...THOMAS AND BROOKS. AT 1205 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF BAINBRIDGE GA TO QUINCY FLORIDA TO CARABELLE AND EXTENDING 50 MILES SOUTH INTO THE GULF. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE TALLAHASSEE AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR AND A HALF. WIND GUSTS TO 33 MPH HAVE BEEN RECORDED AT THE TALLAHASSEE AIRPORT DURING THE PAST HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...DA'NGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
Special weather statement, May 1, 12:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1200 PM EDT MON MAY 1 1989 TORNADO WATCH #151 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF FLORIDA...JACKSON... CALHOUN...GADSDEN...LIBERTY...LEON...JEFFERSON...MADISON...WAKULLA ...TAYLOR AND DIXIE. IN GEORGIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF GRADY...SEMINOLE...DECATUR...THOMAS AND BROOKS. AT 1205 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF BAINBRIDGE GA TO QUINCY FLORIDA TO CARABELLE AND EXTENDING 50 MILES SOUTH INTO THE GULF. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE TALLAHASSEE AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR AND A HALF. WIND GUSTS TO 33 MPH HAVE BEEN RECORDED AT THE TALLAHASSEE AIRPORT DURING THE PAST HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY SU)RFACE WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
Special weather statement, May 1, 12:49 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL
1245 PM EDT MON MAY 1 1989
....TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 151 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FRANKLIN AND GULF
COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM EDT.
AT 1229 PM EDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN REACHED
FROM 10 MILES EAST OF BAINBRIDGE GEORGIA TO JUST WEST OF ALLIGATOR
POINT AND THEN SPREAD SOUTH OUT OVER THE GULF FOR 75 MILES.
OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE 10 MILES NORTH OF
APALACHICOLA...AND 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLOUNTSTOWN.
ELSEWHERE...RAIN AND WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE EAST
HALF OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND REACHED INTO NORTH FLORIDA TO NEAR
LAKE CITY AND LIVE OAK.
WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND WIDESPREAD RAIN CONTINUED OVER...A
SMALL PART OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND MOST OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.Special weather statement, May 1, 1:11 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 110 PM EDT MON MAY 1 1989 TORNADO WATCH #151 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF FLORIDA...JACKSON... CALHOUN...GADSDEN...LIBERTY...LEON...JEFFERSON...MADISON...WAKULLA ...TAYLOR AND DIXIE. IN GEORGIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF GRADY...SEMINOLE...DECATUR...THOMAS AND BROOKS. AT 105 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDING FROM THOMASVILLE GA TO TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA TO ST. MARKS AND EXTENDING 50 MILES SOUTH INTO THE GULF. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH JEFFERSON COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH HAVE BEEN RECORDED AT THE TALLAHASSEE AIRPORT DURING THE PAST HOUR. 1.07 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALSO FALLEN AT THE TALLAHASSEE AIRPORT SINCE 3 AM THIS MORNING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIVBLE WARNINGS ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
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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.