Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 1986, 4:10 PM EDT for Cobb County, Paulding County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 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
- Jul 27, 1986, 4:10 PM EDT (20:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 1986, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cobb County, GA, Paulding 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 27, 4:35 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Paulding, 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
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 257 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
- 1326 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 695 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 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 KATL 272012
SVRATL
GAC067-GAC223-272100-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
410 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 1986
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
..COBB PAULDING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR BETWEEN DALLAS AND
ACWORTH.
THERE WAS LITTLE MOVEMENT TO THE STORM.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH,
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL, DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR
BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS9 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
Local storm report, Jul 27, 2:10 PM EDT, 2 hours before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA COUNTY........ BARROW SOURCE........ DACULA PD TIME.......... 205 PM 7/27/86 LOCATION...... 10 MILES WEST OF WINDER TYPE STORM.... THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... NONE DAMAGE........ TREES DOWN INJURIES...... NONE WARNING....... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2PM-3PM
Local storm report, Jul 27, 4:00 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA COUNTY........ RABUN SOURCE........ PUBLIC THROUGH FIRE DEPT TIME.......... 230 PM 7/27/86 LOCATION...... ALONG CHATOOGA RIVER SE PART OF RABU/N CO TYPE STORM.... THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... MARBLE SIZE DAMAGE........ TREES DOWN INJURIES...... NONE WARNING....... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 215PM-315PM
Local storm report, Jul 27, 4:03 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA COUNTY........ HALL SOURCE........ PUBLIC THROUGH PD TIME.......... 350 PM 7/27/86 LOCATION...... OFF HIGHWY 369 WEST PART OF HALL CO TYPE 1STORM.... THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... NONE DAMAGE........ TREES DOWN SMALL BLDG INJURIES...... NONE WARNING....... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 315PM-415PM
Local storm report, Jul 27, 4:05 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 406 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 1986 RADIO STATION WGTA IN SUMMERVILLE, GA. REPORTS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN THE AREA. A NUMBER OF WINDOWS IN THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT WERE BLOWN OUT. MARBLE SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED AT THE RADIO STATION. RAINFALL AT THE STATION TOTALED ONLY .30 INCHES BUT THEY SAID IT APPEARED TO BE MUCH HEAVIER NORTH OF THEM IN THE NORTH PART OF THE TOWN. THE DAMAGE OCCURRED A3T BETWEEN 3:00 AND 3:15 PM EDT TODAY. SO FAR NO INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED.
Local storm report, Jul 27, 4:07 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 407 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 1986 RADIO STATION WGTA IN SUMMERVILLE, GA. REPORTS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN THE AREA. A NUMBER OF WINDOWS IN THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT WERE BLOWN OUT. MARBLE SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED AT THE RADIO STATION. RAINFALL AT THE STATION TOTALED ONLY .30 INCHES BUT THEY SAID IT APPEARED TO BE MUCH HEAVIER NORTH OF THEM IN THE NORTH PART OF THE TOWN. THE DAMAGE OCCURRED A5T BETWEEN 3:00 AND 3:15 PM EDT TODAY. SO FAR NO INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. SUMMERVILLE IS IN THE EXTREME NORTHWEST PART OF GEORGIA IN CHATTOOGA COUNTY.
Local storm report, Jul 27, 4:08 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT..CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 407 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 1986 RADIO STATION WGTA IN SUMMERVILLE, GA. REPORTS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN THE AREA. A NUMBER OF WINDOWS IN THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT WERE BLOWN OUT. MARBLE SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED AT THE RADIO STATION. RAINFALL AT THE STATION TOTALED ONLY .30 INCHES BUT THEY SAID IT APPEARED TO BE MUCH HEAVIER NORTH OF THEM IN THE NORTH PART OF THE TOWN. THE D6AMAGE OCCURRED AT BETWEEN 3:00 AND 3:15 PM EDT TODAY. SO FAR NO INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. SUMMERVILLE IS IN THE EXTREME NORTHWEST PART OF GEORGIA IN CHATTOOGA COUNTY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 1:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 62 min |
| Jul 27, 1:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 57 min |
| Jul 27, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow | 57 min |
| Jul 27, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Rabun | 56 min |
| Jul 27, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 50 min |
| Jul 27, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Twiggs | 62 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986
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.