Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1987, 3:21 PM EDT for Houston County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 1987, 3:21 PM EDT (19:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1987, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Houston 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 1442 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1235 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 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 KMCN 031921
SVRMCN
GAC153-032015-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
321 PM EDT WED JUN 3 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
...SOUTHERN HOUSTON
AT 320 PM EDT RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES
SOUTH OF PERRY. LITTLE IF ANY MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED.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, Jun 3, 12:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 1240 PM EDT WED JUN 3 1987 A FEW VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OCCURRING IN SECTIONS OF TAYLOR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE EXTENDING FROM JUST SOUTH OF JUNCTION CITY SOUTH TO NEAR MAUK AND TO CHARING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 7 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE...HAIL...LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND BREIF HEAVY RAINS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR FAST CHANGING WEATHER CONDITION AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION AS NEEDED. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINDGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 1:13 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 110 PM EDT WED JUN 3 1987 AT 100 PM EDT SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH GUST WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED IN WARNER ROBINS BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AT CITY HALL. A THUNDERSTORM AT THE MACON AIRPORT DURING THE PAST HOUR ALSO PRODUCED BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. RADAR IN MACON SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA AND ARE EXPECTED THRhOUGH THIS EVENING...AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY. GUSTY WINDS...LIGHTNING STRIKES...HEAVY RAIN...AND OCCASIONAL SMALL HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 1:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 125 PM EDT WED JUN 3 1987 A FEW VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN SECTIONS OF TALBOT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR BOX SPRINGS TO GENEVA AND WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH SOUTHWEST AT 7 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE...HAIL...LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS wSHOULD STAY ALERT FOR FAST CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION AS NEEDED. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:46 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 245 PM EDT WED JUN 3 1987 AT 240 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BUILDING IN THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. PERSONS LIVING IN JACKSON...BARROW...WALTON...MORGAN AND GREENE COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. PERSONS IN THESE COUNTIES CAN EXPECT POSSIBLY BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ...DANGEROUSE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF GUSTY SURFACE WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS THESE THUNDER- STORMS BUILD.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:55 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 245 PM EDT WED JUN 3 1987 AT 240 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BUILDING IN THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. PERSONS LIVING IN JACKSON...BARROW...WALTON...MORGAN AND GREENE COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUSE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF GUSTY SURFACE WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS BUILD.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Fulton | 68 min |
| Jun 3, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Henry, Rockdale | 63 min |
| Jun 3, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Columbia | 46 min |
| Jun 3, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wheeler | 49 min |
| Jun 3, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 40 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1987Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1987
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.