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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 2, 1987Dodge County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1987, 8:04 PM EDT for Dodge County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 1987, 8:04 PM EDT (00:04 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 1987, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Dodge 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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 198 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Athens Municipal, GA at 00:00Z on 1987-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 525 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Athens Municipal, GA at 00:00Z on 1987-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
525 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
861 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 49 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 20 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 54 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, 43 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, 40 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, 39 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.
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 8:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBurke, Jefferson, Richmond60 min

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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.