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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 1986, 6:00 PM EDT for Bleckley County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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 29, 1986, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 1986, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bleckley 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 29, 6:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Bleckley, 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 text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCN 292200 SVRMCN GAC023-292300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 600 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...BLECKLEY AT 555 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF COCHRAN IN BLECKLEY COUNTY MOVING SOUTH AT AROUND 15 MPH.
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 29, 3:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 340 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 1986 AT 335 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN LAURENS COUNTY NORTH OF DUBLIN..IN TREUTLEN COUNTY NORTHEAST OF SOPERTON AND DODGE COUNTY EAST OF EASTMAN GEORGIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS, DANGEROUS LIGHTING AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS LOCATED NEAR THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. JWB/1941Z
Local storm report, Jul 29, 5:52 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 545 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 1986 COUNTY.....BEN HILL SOURCE.....RADIO STATION WBHB..FITZGERALD TIME.......425 PM EDT LOCATION...SOUTH FITZGERALD IN BEN HILL COUNTY TYPE STORM.SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. WIDTH......UNKN LENGTH.....UNKN HAIL.......NICKEL SIZE DAMAGE.....NONE REPORTED TREES......UNKN INJURES....UNKN COST.......UNKN WATCHES....NONE WARNINGS...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING VALID 416PM EDT-515 PM EDT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jefferson, Washington | 30 min |
| Jul 29, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jenkins, Screven | 60 min |
| Jul 29, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Ben Hill | 59 min |
| Jul 29, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilcox | 29 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.