Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1987, 7:50 PM EDT for Hall County, White County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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
- Jul 1, 1987, 7:50 PM EDT (23:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1987, 8:25 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hall County, GA, White 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 8:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Hall, GA | |
| Jul 1, 8:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | White, 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 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 KAHN 012350
SVRAHN
GAC139-311-020045-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
750 PM EDT WED JUL 1 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
...HALL...WHITE
AT 745 PM EDT...ATHENS RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
HALL COUNTY 10 MILES WEST OF LULA.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL
BE ENTERING WHITE COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT 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
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 5:12 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
510 PM EDT WED JUL 01 1987
...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN EAST ALABAMA MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL
GEORGIA...
AT 505 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS IN EAST ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS WERE
NEAR SEALE...AND 10 MILES NORTH OF HURTSBORO IN RUSSELL COUNTY IN
ALABAMA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND THEREFORE THESE STORMS
WILL BE MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.
PEOPLE IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA CAN EXPECT
GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WITH THESE
STORMS. DIME SIZE HAIL AND A DOWNED TREE HA`VE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN
SEALE ALABAMA.
WHEN A THUNDERSTORM THREATENS...GET INSIDE A HOME OR A LARGE STURDY
BUILDING. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES EXCEPT FOR EMERGENCIES. LISTEN TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.Special weather statement, Jul 1, 5:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 530 PM EDT WED JUL 1 1987 AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST GEORGIA FROM ALABAMA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AT 520 PM A FEW OF THE STORMS WERE VERY STRONG.. NEAR DALTON AND CHATSWORTH..SOUTH OF DOUGLASVILLE AND EAST OF LA GRANGE. RADAR INDICATED THE STORMS MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS..FREQUENT LIGHTNINGm.. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AS THEY CROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA THIS EVENING. BE READY TO SEEK SAFETY AS THEY APPROACH AND IF LATER WARNINGS BECOME NECESSARY.
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 6:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 630 PM EDT WED JUL 1 1987 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 625 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 6 MILES EAST OF BLAKELY IN EARLY COUNTY...AND NEAR CUTHBERT IN RANDOLPH COUNTY. ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE FROM JUST SOUTH OF LUMPKIN TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF COLQUITT. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WITH THESE STORMS AND OTHER THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING. WHEN A THUNDERSTORM THREATENS...GET INSIDE A HOME OR A LARGE STURDY BUILDING. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES EXCEPT FOR EMERGENCIES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND/OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 7:07 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 707 PM EDT WED JUL 1 1987 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA... STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA AT 645 PM EDT WERE IN THE ROSWELL TO DULUTH AREA AND IN A LINE FROM NEAR CANTON TO ATLANTA TO GRIFFIN TO THOMASTON. MOVEMENT WAS FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS WERE PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS..FREQUENT LIGHTNING.. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. TWO DIFFERENT STORMS CROSSED THE WEATHER OFFICE AT HARTSFIELD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. AT 550 PM EDT WINDS GUSTED TO 35 MILES AN HOUR AND ABOUT 645 PM EDT ANOTHER STORM GUSTED TO 34 MILES AN HOUR. ABOUT 3/4 OF AN INCH OF RAIN FELL TO 7 PM EDT AT THE AIRPORT. NO DAMAGE FROM THE STORMS HAD BEEN REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUT RESIDENTS SHOULD SEEK SAFETY INDOORS ESPECIALLY FROM THE LIGHTNING AS THESE STORMS APPROACH AND PASS.
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 7:14 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 710PM EDT WED JUL 1 1987 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 710 PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO SOUTH LUMPKIN COUNTY OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING ACROSS DAHLONAGA IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ...GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS IF NEEDED.
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.