Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 1986, 6:31 PM EDT for Newton County, Georgia. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 1986, 6:31 PM EDT (22:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 1986, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Newton 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 67 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 072232 RRA SVRAHN GAC217-072330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 631 PM EDT WED MAY 7 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...NEWTON AT 625 PM EDT A RADIO OPERATOR IN COVINGTO REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL IN COVINGTON GEORGIA. RADAR SHOWED AN EXTREMELY LARGE THUNDERSTORM IN THAT VICINITY. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS DEFINED AS HAVING WINDS AT LEAST 58 MPH AND/OR HAIL 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAkUTIONS.
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, 5 hours 25 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, 3 hours 50 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, 2 hours 50 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, 2 hours 40 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.
Special weather statement, May 7, 5:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 527 PM EDT WED MAY 7 1986 AT 523 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ACROSS NORTHERN DEKALB COUNTY AND INTO SOUTHERN GWINNETT COUNTY IN THE NORTHEAST METRO ATLANTA AREA. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND PROBABLY HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING OVER THE STONE MOUNTAIN AREA SHORTLY. THE THUNDERSTORM WI.LL BE MOVING BETWEEN LAWRENCEVILLE AND LITHONIA BEFORE 6PM. PERSONS IN NORTH DEKALB AND SOUTH GWINNETT COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THIS STORM AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS.
Special weather statement, May 7, 6:08 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 607 PM EDT WED MAY 7 1986 AT 605 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS THE METRO ATLANTA AREA. HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN THE BUCKHEAD AREA OF ATLANTA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE METRO ATLANTA AREA FOR THE NEXT HOUR. PERSONS IN THE ATLANTA AREA...ESPECIALLY IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA... SSHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND TAKE PRECAUTIONS FROM THESE STORMS.
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, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Hall, Jackson | 53 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.