Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1987, 8:30 PM EDT for Burke County, Jefferson County, Richmond County, Georgia. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 1987, 8:30 PM EDT (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1987, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Burke County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Richmond 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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAGS 030030 SVRAGS GAC163-245-033-030130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA 830 PM EDT THU JUL 2 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...EASTERN JEFFERSON...RICHMOND AND WESTERN BURKE WEATHER RADAR AT 825 INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE BORDER OF RICHMOND..JEFFFERSON..AND BURKE COUNTIES..ALL IN GEORGIA THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY ! THIS STORM IS ACCOMPANIED BY INTENSE LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE IMMEDIATE COVER..THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MILES AND HOUR...LAREGE HAIL..AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUT OF DOORS SHOWED SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS
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, 4:44 PM EDT, 3 hours 46 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, 2 hours 20 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, 1 hour 9 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, 1 hour 6 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, 1 hour 5 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
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 8:26 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
825 PM EDT WED JUL 2 1987
...RADAR INDICATES TWO VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN TERRELL AND LEE
COUNTIES...
AT 820 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED TWO VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. ONE WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF DAWSON IN TERRELL COUNTY AND THE OTHER WAS LOCATED IN LEE COUNTY
ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF LEESBURG. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST
AT 20 MPH.
RESIDENTS OF TERRELL...LEE...AND SUMTER COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT
FOR THE NEXT HOUR UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH
LOW WATER CROSSINGS.The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 8:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge | 41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.