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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 26, 1986Putnam County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1986, 9:53 PM EDT for Putnam County, Georgia. It was in force for 67 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, 9:53 PM EDT (01:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1986, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Putnam 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 26, 10:03 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Putnam, 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, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 70 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Athens Municipal, GA at 00:00Z on 1986-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 345 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Athens Municipal, GA at 00:00Z on 1986-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
345 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2435 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMCN 270153
SVRMCN
GAC237-270300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
953 PM EDT THU JUN 26 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY OF

CENTRAL GEORGIA...PUTNAM


AT 945 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED BY RADAR NORTHEAST OF
EATONTON IN PUTNAM COUNTY OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST
AT 5 MILES AN HOUR.

  PEOPLE IN THE VICINITY OF THIS THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD GO TO SAFE
  SHELTER. THIS THUNDERSTORMS IS LIKELY TO PRODUCE WINDS AT LEAST
  58 MPH AND HAIL 3/4 INCH DIAMETER OR LARGER.

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, 5:48 PM EDT, 4 hours 5 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.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 7:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
750 PM EDT THU JUN 26 1986

...THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

AT 745 PM WEATHER RADAR IN MACON SHOWED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
THAT WAS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY OF CENTRAL GEORGIA HAD DECREASE IN
STRENGTH SIGNIFICANTLY...AND WAS NO LONGER A THREAT.

THUNDERSTORMS STILL CONTINUED ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA WITH STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR FORT VALLEY IN PEACH COUNTY...AND SOUTHEAST OF
OF DUBLIN IN LAURENS COUNTY.

HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND
SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE AND OTHER THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
CENTRAL GEORGIA AREA THIS EVENING.
Local storm report, Jun 26, 9:15 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON, GA
915 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1986

COUNTY..... MONTGOMERY, CENTRAL GEORGIA, FIPS 209
SOURCE..... MT VERNON POLICE...AND TOOMBS COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE
TIME......  1920 EDT/2320Z 6/26/86
LOCATION... 10 MILES WEST OF VIDALIA NEAR HIGGSTON IN MONTGOMERY CO.
TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
HAIL....... LARGE HAIL REPORTED BY SHERIFF, SIZE UNKNOWN
DAMAGE..... HIGH WINDS CAUSING PINE TREES TO BEND TO THE GROUND.
            TREE REPORTED BLOWN DOWN IN MT VERNON, MONGOMERY COUNTY.
WARNINGS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED AT 1912 EDT/2312Z
            FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

REMARKS.... NO MAJOR TOWNS IN AREA WITH POLICE OR OTHERS TO CONTACT
            AT THIS TIME.

TJB.

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.