Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1987, 5:22 PM EDT for Clayton County, Fayette County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 68 min. 2 reports 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
- Jun 3, 1987, 5:22 PM EDT (21:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1987, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clayton County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Fulton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 5:27 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Fayette, GA | |
| Jun 3, 5:45 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Clayton, 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
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 KATL 032122
SVRATL
GAC063-113-121-032230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
522 PM EDT WED JUN 3 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
...CLAYTON...FAYETTE...SOUTHERN FULTON
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INDICATED ACROSS SOUTHERN FAYETTE AND CLAYTON
COUNTIES. LITTLE MOVEMENT INDICATED.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston | 39 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
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.