Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1987, 8:23 PM EDT for Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 1987, 8:23 PM EDT (00:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1987, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington 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 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 699 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1503 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KAGS 050023
SVRAGS
GAC303-050130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA
823 PM EDT THU JUN 4 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
...WASHINGTON
AT 820 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN WASHINGTON
COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF SANDERSVILLE. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
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
Local storm report, Jun 4, 2:33 PM EDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS, GA 233 PM EDT THU JUN 04 1987 REF STORM ACTIVITY JUNE 3 1987 COUNTY...COOK. TIME.....635PM EDT. LOCATION.....FARM ON GA. HWY. 76 NEAR MILE MARKER 15. TYPE STORM...THUNDERSTORM. DAMAGE.......SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN...NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN... POWER LINES ALSO DOWN AND ROOF DAMAGE ON FARM BUILDINGS. SOURCE.......VALDOSTA RADIO STATION...(WGOV) WARNINGS.....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 625PM UNTIL 7PM EDT.
Local storm report, Jun 4, 3:14 PM EDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 313 PM EDT THU JUN 04 1987 REF STORM ACTIVITY JUNE 3 1987 COUNTY...MARION. TIME.....217PM EDT. LOCATION.....NEAR JUNIPER OFF OF GA. HWY. 355 FARM HOMES AND A TRAILER. TYPE STORM...THUNDERSTORM. DAMAGE.......SOME HAIL...DIME SIZE...SOME MARBLE ALSO LARGE TREES BLOWN . DOWN. POWER LINES DOWN. ALSO LIGHTNING STRIKES ON A NUMBER OF HOME TV ANTENNAS. SOURCE.......GENERAL PUBLIC AND STORM SPOTTER IN 9THE AREA. WARNINGS.....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 152PM UNTIL 3PM EDT.
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 3:35 PM EDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT (CORRECTION TO TIME) NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 335 PM EDT THU JUN 4 1987 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RETURN TO SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 330 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN A CLUSTER MAINLY CONCENTRATED OVER MILLER COUNTY...NEAR THE CITY OF COLQUITT AND ALSO 15 MILES EAST OF COLQUITT. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURING...PEOPLE WORKING OUTSIDE OR INVOLVED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Jun 4, 3:46 PM EDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 345 PM EDT THU JUN 04 1987 REF STORM ACTIVITY JUNE 3 1987 COUNTY...CHATTAHOOCHEE TIME.....208PM EDT. LOCATION.....FORT BENNING GA. ON POST. TYPE STORM...THUNDERSTORM. DAMAGE.......SOME HAIL...NICKEL SIZE. POWER LINES DOWN...POWER OUT ON MAIN POST...TREES BLOWN DOWN AND LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN. ALSO TEN SOLDIERS SUFFERED ELECTRICAL BURNS WHEN LIGHTNING STRUCK A TREE THAT THEY WERE STANDING NEAR. SOURCE.......FORT BENNING GA. OFFICIALS. WARNINGS.....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 152PM UNTIL 3PM EDT.
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 5:04 PM EDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 500 PM EDT THU JUN 4 1987 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 456 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR MOULTRIE IN COLQUITT COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS A SLOW DRIFT TO THE EAST. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO EARLY EVENING. GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS NEAR A THUNDERSTORM SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS fUNTIL THESE STORMS PASS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
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.