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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 1986, 3:02 PM EDT for Lumpkin County, White County, Georgia. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 22, 1986, 3:02 PM EDT (19:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 1986, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lumpkin County, GA, White 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 486 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -208 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1011 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAAOO KAHN 221902 RRA
SVRAHN
GAC137-187-241-311-222000-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
302 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 1986
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
..HABERSHAM..LUMPKIN..RABUN
..WHITE
AT 255 PM EDT THE ATHENS RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN
NORTHERN LUMPKIN COUNTY AND 10 MILES WEST ON CLAYTON IN RABUN COUNTY
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH.
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.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
Local storm report, Jul 22, 9:26 AM EDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS, GA 909 AM EDT TUE JUL 22 1986 REF STORM ACTIVITY ON 7/21/86 REMARKS...DESCRIPTION OF DAMAGE SUPPORT STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
Local storm report, Jul 22, 9:39 AM EDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS, GA
939 AM EDT TUE JUL 22 1986
REF STORM ACTIVITY ON 7/21/86
COUNTY....MARION IN WES CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOURCE....SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND MR. GRAHAM, OWNER OF FARM WHERE DAMAGE
OCCURRED.
TIME......AROUND 430PM EDT
LOCATION..GRAHAM'S FARM, 14 MILES SOUTH OF BUENA VISTA, GA ON GA
STATE HIGHWAY 30
TYPE STORM..VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM
HAIL........NONE
INJURIES....NONE
DAMAGE......TOOL SHED ROOF COMPLETELY BLOWN OFF, ALSO ROOF OF CHICKEN
HOUSE. SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES. TWO EMPTY TRAILERS
BLOWN INTO A GULLY. SOME DAMAGE TO DAIRY BARN ALSO.
WARNINGS....SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT IN EFFECT COVERING THE pAREA.
REMARKS.....DESCRIPTION OF DAMAGE SUGGESTS STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.Local storm report, Jul 22, 9:41 AM EDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS, GA
940 AM EDT TUE JUL 22 1986
REF STORM ACTIVITY ON 7/21/86
COUNTY....MARION IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOURCE....SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND MR. GRAHAM, OWNER OF FARM WHERE DAMAGE
OCCURRED.
TIME......AROUND 430PM EDT
LOCATION..GRAHAM'S FARM, 14 MILES SOUTH OF BUENA VISTA, GA ON GA
STATE HIGHWAY 30
TYPE STORM..VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM
HAIL........NONE
INJURIES....NONE
DAMAGE......TOOL SHED ROOF COMPLETELY BLOWN OFF, ALSO ROOF OF CHICKEN
HOUSE. SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES. TWO EMPTY TRAILERS
BLOWN INTO A GULLY. SOME DAMAGE TO DAIRY BARN ALSO.
WARNINGS....SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT IN EFFECT COVERING THEs AREA.
REMARKS.....DESCRIPTION OF DAMAGE SUGGESTS STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.Special weather statement, Jul 22, 2:11 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 210 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 1986 AT 210 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 85. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DRIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT LESS THAN 10 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTROMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN DEVELOPMENT DURING THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 85 SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS... GUSTY SURFACE WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGTNING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 8:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pike, Spalding | 40 min |
| Jul 22, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Habersham, Rabun | 58 min |
| Jul 22, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Habersham | 62 min |
| Jul 22, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Franklin | 57 min |
| Jul 22, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb | 49 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.