Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 1987, 7:27 PM EDT for Wilkes County, Georgia. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 23, 1987, 7:27 PM EDT (23:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 1987, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wilkes 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 55 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
- 56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -271 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1413 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 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 KAGS 232336 COR
SVRAGS
GAC317-240030-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA
727 PM EDT THU APR 23 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
...WILKES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SERVER THUNDERSTORM IN
WILKES COUNTY OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA NORTH OF WASHINGTON. THE STORM
IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.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, Apr 23, 4:11 PM EDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 410 PM EDT THU APRIL 23 1987 AT 400 PM WEATHER RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTH HOUSTON COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF PERRY. MOVEMENT 'WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM SHOULD MOVE PAST PERRY TO THE NORTHEAST. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL COULD OCCUR WITH THIS STORM.
Special weather statement, Apr 23, 4:48 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 449 PM EDT THU APRIL 23 1987 AT 445 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF OF PERRY IN SOUTH HOUSTON COUNTY...AND ANOTHER OVER NORTHEAST MACON. BOTH THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERTORMS COULD PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH EQUIPMMENT HIT BY THE LIGHTNING AT A RADIO STATION IN NORTHEAST MACON. IF YOU ARE IN THE AREA OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...REMEMBER LIGHTNING SAFETY RULES AND GO INSIDE AND AWAY FROM LIGHTNING AFFECTED EQUIPMENT.
Special weather statement, Apr 23, 5:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 550 PM EDT THU APRIL 23 1987 AT 540 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING IN CENTRAL GEORGIA FROM MILLEDGEVILLE TO SOUTH OF HAWKINSVILLE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN MACON AND MILLEDGEVILLE NEAR GRAY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY wWINDS... AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS NEAR GRAY AND HADDOCK IN JONES COUNTY.
Local storm report, Apr 23, 5:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
545 PM EDT THUR APR 23 1987
COUNTY........ MADISON
SOURCE........ SHERIFF"S OFFICE AND DANIELSVILLE HIGHSCHOOL BASEBALL
COACH
TIME.......... 5 PM EDT
LOCATION...... 12/15 FROM AHN
TYPE STORM.... THUNDERSTORM
HAIL.......... GOLFBALL SIZE
DAMAGE........ LARGE TREES DOWN IN HULL
INJURIES...... NONE
]Local storm report, Apr 23, 6:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION...WARNING IN EFFECT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 545 PM EDT THUR APR 23 1987 COUNTY........ MADISON SOURCE........ SHERIFF"S OFFICE AND DANIELSVILLE BASEBALL COACH TIME.......... 5 PM EDT LOCATION...... 12/15 FROM AHN TYPE STORM.... THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... GOLFBALL SIZE DAMAGE........ LARGE TREES DOWN IN HULL INJURIES...... NONE WARNING....... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 415 PM EDT TO 515 PM EDT
Local storm report, Apr 23, 6:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 615 PM EDT THU APR 23 1987 COUNTY........ STEPHENS SOURCE........ TOCCOA POLICE DEPARTMENT TIME.......... 500 PM EDT LOCATION...... 2/38 FROM AHN TYPE STORM.... THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... 1/4 INCH SIZE DAMAGE........ NONE REPORTED AT THIS TIME INJURIES...... NONE WARNING....... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EFFECT FROM 435 PM EDT TO 530 PM EDT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Madison | 56 min |
| Apr 23, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stephens | 55 min |
| Apr 23, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene | 63 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.