Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1987, 7:51 PM EDT for Hall County, Georgia. It was in force for 69 min. 1 report 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 2, 1987, 7:51 PM EDT (23:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1987, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hall 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 2, 8:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Hall, 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 360 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 546 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAHN 022351 SVRAHN GAC139-030100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 751 PM EDT THU JUL 2 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...HALL AT 750PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER LAKE LANIER JUST NORTH OF GAINSVILLE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS DEFINED AS HAVING WINDS AT LEAST 58 MPH AND/OR HAIL 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS. IF THREATENING CONIDTIONS ARE SIGHTED..SEEK REINFORCEDe SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR STRONG DAMAGING WIND..LARGE HAIL..VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING. REMEMBER THESE STORMS CAN OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
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 2, 4:15 PM EDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 410 PM EDT THU JUL 2 1987 A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF TALIAFERRO COUNTY TO THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF GREENE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST 20 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 4:44 PM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 430 PM EDT THU JUL 2 1987 A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA FROM EATONTON IN PUTNAM COUNTY NORTHEASTWARD TO THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF CLARK HILL RESERVOIR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL, GUSTY WINDS, FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OCCURRING OVER NEWTON COUNTY GEORGIA. ELSEWHERE..SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA AND WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST 20 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 6:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 610 PM EDT WED JUL 01 1987 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 600 PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 12 MILES SOUTH OF LUMBER CITY AND WAS MOVING NORTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING NORTH AND SHOULD CROSS OVER THE SOUTHEAST PART OF TELFAIR COUNTY INCLUDING LUMBER CITY DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...&BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OCCURRENCES SHOULD BE RELAYED TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 7:21 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 720 PM EDT WED JUL 01 1987 ...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTINUE IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 715 PM WEATHER RADAR IN MACON SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF TIFTON MOVING NORTHEAST INTO TURNER...IRWIN...AND BEN HILL COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. RESIDENT OF ASBURN AND FITZGLERALD CAN EXPECT THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO PASS THROUGH WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 7:24 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 720 PM EDT WED JUL 01 1987 ...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 715 PM WEATHER RADAR IN MACON SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF TIFTON MOVING NORTHEAST INTO TURNER...IRWIN...AND BEN HILL COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. RESIDENT OF ASBURN AND MFITZGERALD CAN EXPECT THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO PASS THROUGH WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 7:25 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 725 PM EDT WED JUL 2 1987 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RETURN TO SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 720 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALBANY IN DOUGHERTY COUNTY... 10 MILES EAST OF BLAKELY IN EARLY COUNTY...AND 5 MILES NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF TIFTON IN TIFT COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA CAN EXPECT PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. ANYONE NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND/OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. O
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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.