Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 1986, 3:10 PM EDT for Telfair County, Wheeler County, Georgia. It was in force for 65 min. 2 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
- Jul 21, 1986, 3:10 PM EDT (19:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 1986, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Telfair County, GA, Wheeler 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 3:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Telfair, GA | |
| Jul 21, 3:25 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Wheeler, 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 2117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1398 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 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 211910 SVRMCN GAC271-309-212015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 310 PM EDT MON JUL 21 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...TELFAIR AND WHEELER AT 305 PM EDT GEORGIA STATE PATROL AT HELENA REPORTED WIND DAMMAGE TO TWO HOUSES.
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, Jul 21, 2:11 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS, GA 215 PM EDT MON JUL 21 1986 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA.. AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... WEATHER RADAR AT COLUMBUS GEORGIA SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA WITH THE HEAVIEST STORM LOCATED NEAR OPELIKA ALABAMA AND JUNCTION CITY GEORGIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOW VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS..VERY DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..TORRENTIAL RAIN AND SMALL HAIL..PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT FOR THESE CONDITIONS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 2:29 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS, GA 230 PM EDT MON JUL 21 1986 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. WEATHER RADAR AT COLUMBUS GEORGIA SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA WITH THE HEAVIEST STORM LOCATED NEAR BLAKELY AND ALBANY GEORGIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOW VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS..VERY DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..TORRENTIAL RAIN AND SMALL HAIL..PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT FOR THESE CONDITIONS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 3:06 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 3 PM EDT MON JUL 21 1986 ....STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER PORTIONS OF GEORGIA.... AT 250 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER A LARGE PORTION OF GEORGIA INCLUDING CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL SECTIONS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHCENTRAL TELFAIR.. WHEELER..BEN HILL..AND TURNER COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS..VERY HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL AS THEY DEVELOP AND DRIFT SOUTHEAST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. MOTORIST SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT FOR SUDDEN HEAVY RAIN AND WET ROADS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Screven | 69 min |
| Jul 21, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 55 min |
| Jul 21, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar | 30 min |
| Jul 21, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 45 min |
| Jul 21, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro | 68 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.