Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 14, 1986, 4:06 AM EST for Appling County, Georgia. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 14, 1986, 4:06 AM EST (09:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 1986, 5:00 AM EST
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Appling County, GA
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Mar 14, 3:40 AM EST, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 335 AM EST FRI MAR 14 1986 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 35 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM... AT 330 AM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM 30 MILES WEST OF WAYCROSS SOUTHWEST THROUGH VALDOSTA TO NEAR DEADMAN BAY...WEST OF CROSS CITY. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS SHOWN WERE WEST OF WAYCROSS GEORGIA WHERE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING WEST OF JACKSONVILLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE OVER THE LIVE OAK AREA WITHIN THE HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY PERIODS OFj LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WINDS..FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES..AND POSSIBLY HAIL.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 3:28 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Coffee | 32 min |
| Mar 14, 4:06 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Bacon, Pierce, Ware | 54 min |
| Mar 14, 5:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Bulloch, Evans | 69 min |
| Mar 14, 6:45 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Alachua, Bradford, Clay | 45 min |
| Mar 14, 7:10 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Putnam | 50 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.