Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 1986, 3:58 PM EDT for Habersham County, Georgia. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 22, 1986, 3:58 PM EDT (19:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 1986, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Habersham 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 79 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 221958
SVRAHN
GAC137-222100-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
358 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 1986
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
..NORTHERN HABERSHAM
AT 4 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN
HABERSHAM COUNTY DRIFTING TO THE SOUTH AT LESS THAN 10 MILES
AN HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 14 MILES NORTH OF CORNELIA.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH,
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL, DE?ADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.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 22, 2:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 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.
Local storm report, Jul 22, 3:17 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA COUNTY........ RABUN SOURCE........ COOP OBS TIME.......... 1515EST 7/22/86 LOCATION...... MT CITY GEORGIA TYPE STORM.... THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... NO DAMAGE........ TREES DOWN INJURIES...... NONE WARNING....... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 1500-1600EDT
Local storm report, Jul 22, 3:41 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA COUNTY........ RABUN SOURCE........ PUBLIC TIME.......... 1530EST 7/22/86 LOCATION...... SOUTH PART OF LAKE BURTON TYPE STORM.... THUNDERS-TORM HAIL.......... NO DAMAGE........ TREES DOWN INJURIES...... NONE WARNING....... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 1500-1600EDT
Local storm report, Jul 22, 3:42 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA COUNTY........ HABERSHAM SOURCE........ PUBLIC TIME.......... 1530EST 7/22/86 LOCATION...... NORTH PART OF HABERSHAM COUNTY NEAR LAKE BURTON. TYPE STORM.... THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... NO DAMAGE........ TREES DOWN INJURIES...... NONE WARNING....... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 1500-1600EDT
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 | Lumpkin, White | 58 min |
| Jul 22, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Habersham, Rabun | 58 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.