Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1987, 5:27 PM EDT for DeKalb County, Henry County, Rockdale County, Georgia. It was in force for 63 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, 5:27 PM EDT (21:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1987, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties DeKalb County, GA, Henry County, GA, Rockdale 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, 5:35 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | De Kalb, GA | |
| Jun 3, 5:35 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Henry, 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 85 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 032127
SVRATL
GAC089-151-247-032230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
527 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
...DEKALB...HENRY...ROCKDALE
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS IN
CONYERS. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS ONE OF A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT
STREACH FROM NEAR CONYERS TO NEAR PEACHTREE CITY. MOVEMENT IS SLOWLY
TO THE NORTH.
TREES WERE REPORTED DOWNED IN CONYERS AT 526 PM.
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.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, 3:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 332 PM EDT WED JUN 3 1987 RAIN AND VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN ALL OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND SOUTH WEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE MOST INTENSE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR HAMILTON ...COLUMBUS..AND NEAR FT BENNING ALSO RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM NEAR ELLAVILLE TO RICHLAND TO NEAR AMERICUS. ALL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 7 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE...HAIL...LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR FAST CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION AS NEE DED. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 3:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 330 PM EDT WED JUN 3 1987 AT 320 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BUILDING IN THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. PERSONS LIVING IN JACKSON...BARROW...OGLETHORPE...GREENE...OCONEE...CLARKE...AND MADISON COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF GUSTY SURFACE WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMAL.L HAIL FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS BUILD. PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 5 MILES SOUTH OF THE ATHENS AIRPORT BY A AND OFF DUTY WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 4:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 400 PM EDT WED JUN 3 1987 VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING IN NORTH GEORGIA. AT 355 PM THIS AFTERNOON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN ATLANTA SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST GEORGIA. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WERE LOCATED....BETWEEN DALLAS AND DOUGLASVILLE WEST OF ATLANTA...IN SOUTHERN COWETA COUNTY TEN MILES SOUTH OF NEWNAN...IN SOUTHEAST SPALDING AND PIKE COUNTIES BETWEEN GRIFFIN AND THOMASTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWING ONLY A SLOW DRIFT TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AND WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN SHORT PERIODS OF TIME. THIS WILL CAUSE TEMPORARY FLOODING OF ROADS AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS. LIGHTNING..GUSTY WINDS..HEAVY RAINS..AND SOME HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF NORTH GEORGIA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND INT@O TONIGHT. PLEASE BE SAFETY WISE AND OBSERVE LIGHTING AND SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES IF A THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPS NEAR YOU THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 4:47 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 343 PM EDT WED JUN 3 1987 ...SEVERAL VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER PARTS OF SOUTH WEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 340 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. AT THIS TIME...THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS WERE NEAR LEESBURG IN SOUTHERN LEE COUNTY...12 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALBANY...AND 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF TIFTON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 5 MPH. GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE ARbEAS. IN ADDITION... LIGHTNING HAS BEEN THE NUMBER ONE KILLER IN GEORGIA OF ALL WEATHER RELATED DEATHS. BE SMART AND MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER IF A THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPS NEAR YOU.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 4:48 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT(CORRECTION TO TIME) NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 443 PM EDT WED JUN 3 1987 ...SEVERAL VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER PARTS OF SOUTH WEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 440 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. AT THIS TIME...THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS WERE NEAR LEESBURG IN SOUTHERN LEE COUNTY...12 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALBANY...AND 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF TIFTON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 5 MPH. GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYcING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. IN ADDITION... LIGHTNING HAS BEEN THE NUMBER ONE KILLER IN GEORGIA OF ALL WEATHER RELATED DEATHS. BE SMART AND MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER IF A THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPS NEAR YOU.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 4:52 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 435 PM EDT WED JUN 3 1987 AT 435 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN MADISON... OGLETHORPE AND GREENE COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED IN WEST GEORGIA FROM NEAR LAGRANGE EAST TO NEAR GRIFFIN. SCATTERED VERY STRONG THUNDER STORMS WERE ALSO INDCIATED BETWEEN MACON AND AUGUSTA AND JUST TO THE SOUTH OF COLUMBIA SOUTH CAROLINA. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW STRONG WERE INDICATED OVER GEORGIA MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDARTOWN TO COMMERCE GEORGIA AND EXTENDED INTO EAST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. LITTLE MOVEMENT INDICATgED. PERSONS IN THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS FOR PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL.
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, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Fulton | 68 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.