Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 109, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 26, 1986, 3:15 AM EST for Haralson County, Paulding County, Polk County, Georgia. It was in force for 60 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
- Nov 26, 1986, 3:15 AM EST (08:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 26, 1986, 4:15 AM EST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Haralson County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Polk 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 26, 3:15 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Haralson, 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 536 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 263 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAAOO KATL 260815
SVRATL
GAC143-223-233-260915-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
315 AM EST WED NOV 26 1986
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
..HARALSON..PAULDING..POLK
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR NEAR TALLAPOOSA GEORGIA
AT 315 AM EST. THE BREMEN POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED SOME POWERLINES
DOWN NEAR TALLAPOOSA. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH
NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
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, Nov 26, 1:40 AM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 140 AM EST WED NOV 26 1986 .........TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST....... A TORNADO WATCH IS EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING. AN AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA THIS MORING. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE JUST WEST AND SOUTH OF ROME AND JUST EAST OF BREMEN. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN IN ROME IN FLOYD COUNT@Y AND IN BREMAN IN HARALSON COUNTY REPORTED GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT ABOUT 30 MPH.
Special weather statement, Nov 26, 2:05 AM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
BULLETIN COR SEVERE TO SPECIAL SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1259 AM EST WED NOV 26 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA EFFECTIVE UNTIL 0600 AM BARROW..BUTTS..HALL..JACKSON..NEWTON..WALTON. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPEMENT OF TORNADOS AND PERSONS IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD BE \ON THE ALERT FOR THE DEVELOPE OF SEVERE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFTY AT THE FIRST SIGN OF SEVERE WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO N.O.A.A WEATHER RADIO FOR ANY ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Nov 26, 2:10 AM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
BULLETIN COR TIME TO 7AM SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1259 AM EST WED NOV 26 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA EFFECTIVE UNTIL 7 AM BARROW..BUTTS..HALL..JACKSON..NEWTON..WALTON. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPEMENT OF TORNADOS AND PERSONS IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT F_OR THE DEVELOPE OF SEVERE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFTY AT THE FIRST SIGN OF SEVERE WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO N.O.A.A WEATHER RADIO FOR ANY ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Nov 26, 2:31 AM EST, 44 minutes before
STATE FORECAST FOR GEORGIA...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 230 AM EST WED NOV 26 1986 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF NORTH AND WEST GEORGIA UNTIL 7 AM EST... PERIODS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS NORTH AND WEST TONIGHT WITH RAINFALL HEAVY AT TIMES. THUNDERSTORMS MORE SCATTERED EAST AND SOUTHEAST TONIGHT. OTHERWISE CLOUDY WITH CONSIDERABLE FOG TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. LOWS TONIGHT IN THE 60S EXCEPT 50S EXTREME NORTH. PARTLY CLOUDY WEoDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS.. POSSIBLY THUNDERSHOWERS..SOUTHEAST. HIGHS WEDNESDAY 60S NORTH 70S CENTRAL TO LOW 80S SOUTH. LOWS WEDNESDAY NIGHT 50S EXCEPT LOW 60S EXTREME SOUTH. HIGHS THURSDAY 60S NORTH AND 70S SOUTH.
Special weather statement, Nov 26, 2:57 AM EST, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 300 AM EST WED NOV 26 1986 .........TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST....... A TORNADO WATCH IS EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND WEST GEORGIA UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING. AN AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS MORING. RADAR INDICATED THE STRONGEST STORMS SOUTH OF ATLANTA BETWEEN FAYETTEVILLE AND GRIFFIN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE METRO AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986
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.