Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1986, 5:18 PM EDT for Greene County, Taliaferro County, Georgia. It was in force for 57 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
- Jun 8, 1986, 5:18 PM EDT (21:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1986, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Greene County, GA, Taliaferro 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 5:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Greene, 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 49 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAAOO KAHN 082118
SVRAHN
GAC133-211-265-082215-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
518 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 1986
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
..GREENE..EASTERN MORGAN..TALIAFERRO
AT 520 PM EDT THE ATHENS RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN
EASTERN MORGAN AND GREEN COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. RADAR
INDICATES THAT THESE THUNDERSTORMS DO HAVE HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS EAST
AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING, PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE, SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND, LARGE HAIL, VERY HEAVY RAIN, AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY
INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS S9TORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH, LARGE HAIL, AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER,
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.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, Jun 8, 1:31 PM EDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 130 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 1986 WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER NORTHERN GEORGIA DURING THE PAST HOUR. AT 120 PM RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE MIDDLE PART OF COWETA COUNTY. SMALL HAIL WAS POSSIBLE IN A THUNDERSTORM OVER DEKALB COUNTY JUST NORTH OR LITHONIA AT THAT TIME. ANOTHER STORM WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WAS ALONG THE ALABAMA BORDER IN CARROLL COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF BOWDEN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT NEAR 25 MPH. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA..WHICH INCLUDES METRO ATLANTA..SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND APPROACH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS..SMALL HAIL..GUSTY WINDS..AND CONSIDERABLE LIGHTNING MAY BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS. BOATERS..SWIMMERS..AND OTHERS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD OBSERVE LIGHTNING SAFETY RULES IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 1:37 PM EDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 135 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 1986 AT 130 PM RADAR IN MACON SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN CENTRAL GEORGIA WITH THE HEAVIEST NORTHEAST OF MACON IN JONES COUNTY BETWEEN GRAY AND GORDEN. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST AROUND 20 MPH. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:18 PM EDT, 2 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 315 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 1986 AT 315 PM EDT SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING IN AREAL COVERAGE AND MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THE NEXT 3 TO 4 HOURS FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PEA SEIZE HAIL... BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS. BOATERS AND OTHER WATER RECREATIONIST SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF THESE STORMS.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...COR... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 315 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 1986 AT 315 PM EDT SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING IN AREAL COVERAGE AND MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THE NEXT 3 TO 4 HOURS FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PEA SEIZE HAIL... BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...BRIEF GUSTY SURFACE WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. BOATERS AND OTHER WATER RECREATIONIST SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF THESE STORMS.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..CORRECTED DATE IN HEADING.. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 135 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 1986 AT 130 PM RADAR IN MACON SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN CENTRAL GEORGIA WITH THE HEAVIEST NORTHEAST OF MACON IN JONES COUNTY BETWEEN GRAY AND GORDEN. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST AROUND 20 MPH. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:01 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 500 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 1986 AT 450 PM RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A CLUSTER OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH BIBB AND PART OF JONES COUNTY TO WEST BALDWIN COUNTY. THIS LARGE CKLUSTER OF STORMS IS MOVING EAST 20 MILES AN HOUR TOWARD SOUTH BALDWIN AND NORTH TWIGGS AND WILKINSON COUNTIES. IT WILL TAKE ABOUT TWO HOURS TO PASS THROUGH BALDWIN AND TWIGGS COUNTIES AND TWO AND A HALF HOURS TO PASS NORTH WILKINSON COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN..VIVID LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL WITH WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. STAY INDOORS AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH JONES BIBB BALDWIN TWIGGS AND WILKINSON COUNTIES THE N%EXT TWO TO THREE HOURS. LOW AREAS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS COULD FILL QUICKLY WITH WATER. DO NOT TRY TO DRIVE THROUGH THESE LOW AREAS UNTIL THE STORMS DIMINISH. LSTEN TO YOUR RADIO FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRESS OF THESE STORMS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan | 57 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.