Severe Thunderstorm Warning 58, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Jul 23, 1986, 6:05 PM EDT (22:05 UTC)

Expired

Jul 23, 1986, 7:00 PM EDT

In force

55 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Whole counties

Counties DeKalb County, GA, Fulton County, GA

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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.

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TTAAOO KATL 232200
SVRATL
GAC089-121-232300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
605 PM EDT WED JUL 23 1986
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
          ..DEKALB..FULTON

AT 6 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 5 MILES
NORTHEAST OF THE ATLANTA HARTSFIELD AIRPORT. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS
NEARLY STATIONARY. AN OFF DUTY WEATHER FORECASTER ESTIMATED WINDS
NEAR 60 MILES AN HOUR IN ATLANTA.
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.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH,
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL, DEADLY 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.

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GEORGIA.
1310 PM EDT WED JUL 23 1986

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE MOUNTAINS
OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

PERSONS IN AREAS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY
WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES. DRIVERS SHOULD USE CAUTION AS SUDDEN DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE
EXTREMELY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. HEAVY
RAIN MAY ALSO PRODUCE SOME MINOR SMALL STREAM OR URBAN FLOODING.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GEORGIA.
110 PM EDT WED JUL 23 1986

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE MOUNTAINS
OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

PERSONS IN AREAS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY
WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES. DRIVERS SHOULD USE CAUTION AS SUDDEN DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE
EXTREMELY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. HEAVY
RAIN MAY ALSO PRODUCE SOME MINOR SMALL STREAM OR URBAN FLOODING.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GEORGIA
530 PM EDT WED JUL 23 1986

A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA
FROM THE NORTHERN PORTION OF CLARK HILL RESERVOIR TO JUST NORTH
OF ATHENS AND TO NEAR DAHLONEGA. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS, STRONG GUSTY WINDS, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR THOMASTON TO
THE ATLANTA AREA.

ELSEWHERE...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER
THE NORTHERN HALF OF GEORGIA, EASTERN ALABAMA, SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE
AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS.

LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986

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.