Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 1986, 4:22 PM EDT for Barrow County, Hall County, Jackson County, Georgia. It was in force for 53 min. 5 reports 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 7, 1986, 4:22 PM EDT (20:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 1986, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Barrow County, GA, Hall County, GA, Jackson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 5:00 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Hall, GA | |
| May 7, 5:00 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Barrow, GA | |
| May 7, 5:15 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Hall, GA | |
| May 7, 5:15 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Barrow, GA | |
| May 7, 5:15 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Jackson, 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 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 891 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 951 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAHN 072022 SVRAHN GAC013-139-157-072130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 422 PM EDT WED MAY 7 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...BARROW...HALL AND JACKSON AT 415 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTOR M JUST SOUTHEAST O;F DAWSONVILLE GEORGIA MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY !
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, May 7, 1:06 PM EDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 105PM EDT WED MAY 7 1986 SEVERAL VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER NORTHERN GEORGIA AND ARE MOVING INTO NORTHEAST GEORGIA NORTH OF A LINE FROM DAWSONVILLE TO TOCCOA GEORGIA. SCATTERED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS OVER THIS PORTION OF GEORGIA. PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAIN, STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AS THE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS THEIR AREA. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNING WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED.
Special weather statement, May 7, 2:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 240PM EDT WED MAY 7 1986 NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS..A FEW VERY HEAVY CONTINUE A CYCLE OF DEVELOPING AND DISSIPATING ACROSS ALL PARTS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. PERSONS ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AS THE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS THEIR AREA. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNING WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED.
Special weather statement, May 7, 3:41 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 340PM EDT WED MAY 7 1986 NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS..A FEW VERY HEAVY CONTINUE A CYCLE OF DEVELOPING AND DISSIPATING ACROSS ALL PARTS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT TWO TO THREE HOURS. PERSONS ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS..FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS THEIR AREA. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNING WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED.
Special weather statement, May 7, 3:51 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 350PM EDT WED MAY 7 1986 NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS..A FEW VERY HEAVY CONTINUE A CYCLE OF DEVELOPING AND DISSIPATING ACROSS ALL PARTS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT TWO TO THREE HOURS. PERSONS ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS..FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS THEIR AREA. AT 345 PM EDT A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE REPORTS 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH HAIL COVERING THE GROUND AND WINDS ESTIMATED TO BE 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AT HIS HOME IN OGLETHORPE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNING WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 67 min |
| May 7, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton | 59 min |
| May 7, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson | 65 min |
| May 7, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson | 67 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.