Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1986, 7:12 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Georgia. It was in force for 63 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 26, 1986, 7:12 PM EDT (23:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1986, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Montgomery 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 26, 7:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Montgomery, 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
Jacksonville, FL (KAYS), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 1646 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1150 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 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 KMCN 262312 SVRMCN GAC209-270015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 712 PM EDT THU JUN 26 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...MONTGOMERY AT 700 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED BY RADAR IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA 10 MILES WEST OF VIDALIA IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS DEFINED AS HAVING WINDS AT LEAST 58 MPH AND/OR HAIL 3/4 INCH DIAMETER OR LARGER. PEOPLE IN THE VICINITY OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
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 26, 2:14 PM EDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
210 PM EDT THU JUN 26 1986
...RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
AT 2 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON SHOWED VERY HEAVY THUNDER
STORMS BEGINNING TO DEVELOPE VERY RAPIDLY OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA.
AT THAT TIME THE ACTIVITY WAS ONLY WIDELY SCATTERED BUT WILL INCREASE
IN COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON.
THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURRING BETWEEN PERRY AND WARNER
ROBINS AND MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST. THE HOUSTON COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE
RECEIVED A PUBLIC REPORT OF HAIL AND HIGH WINDS WITH THIS STORM
SHORTLY BEFORE 2 PM.
PERSONS IN CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS
THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND THE POSSIBLITY
OF HAIL..FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR
WITH THE HEAVIER STORMS.Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:40 PM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS, GA 339 PM EDT THU JUN 26 1986 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER WEST GEORGIA AND EAST ALABAMA... AT MID AFTERNOON SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING OVER PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA..INCLUDING THE COLUMBUS/PHENIX CITY AREA. THERE WAS VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT INDICATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT..SOME BRIEF FLOODING OF SOME AREA ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE LARGER ONES. THERE MAY ALSO BE SHORT PERIODS OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL..AS WELL AS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE NUMBER AND INTENSITIES OF THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD GRADUALLY DECREASE TOWARD EVENING. PERSONS IN WEST GEORGIA AND EAST ALABAMA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS..AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 5:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS, GA 547 PM EDT THU JUN 26 1986 ..THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA.. AT 545 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS LARGE AND INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA FROM AMERICUS WEST TO PRESTON AND LUMPKIN GEORGIA AND TO SOUTH OF HURTSBORO AND UNION SPRINGS ALABAMA. THE STORMS WERE SHOWING LITTLE IF ANY MOVEMENT. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT..SOME BRIEF FLOODING OF SOME AREA ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE LARGER ONES. THERE MAY ALSO BE SHORT PERIODS OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL..AS WELL AS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE NUMBER AND INTENSITIES OF THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD GRADUALLY DECREASE TOWARD EVENING. PERSONS IN WEST GEORGIA AND EAST ALABAMA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS..AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION S]TATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
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.