Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 1987, 4:59 PM EDT for Hall County, Lumpkin County, White County, Georgia. It was in force for 61 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 6, 1987, 4:59 PM EDT (20:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 1987, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hall County, GA, Lumpkin 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 6, 5:30 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 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 062101 RRA SVRAHN GAC139-187-311-062200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTION TO COUNTIES NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 459 PM EDT MON JUL 6 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...NORTHERN HALL...LUMPKIN AND WHITE AT 450 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF DAHLONEGA AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE APPROACHING THE CLEVELAND AREA WITHIN THE HOUR. 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. THIS STORM IS ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT LIGHNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS
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 6, 3:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 310 PM EDT MON JUL 6 1987 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA... AT 305 PM RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE WHITFIELD MURRAY LINE IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA. THIS STORM WAS PART OF A LARGER CONCENTRATION OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM CHATTANOOGA SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHWEST GEORGIA INTO GORDON COUNTY. THE STORM APPROACHING CHATSWORTH MARKED THE EASTWARD EXTENT OF THIS AREA. SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED AT CHATTANOOGA IN ASSOCIATED STORMS. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN..AND POSSIBLE HAIL AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE PONDING ON ROADWAYS AND PRODUCE BRIEF FLOODING IN UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING AREAS. STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TELEVISION..OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ANY UPDATES ON THESE STORMS IN EXTREME NORTH AND NORTHWEST GEORGIA
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 3:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
TTAASP KAHN 061932 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 330PM EDT MON JUL 5 1987 AT 330 PM EDT THUNDERSTORMS FORMING IN UNION , TOWNS, AND RABUN COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA... THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INCREASING DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND LAST INTO THE EVENING HOURS.. SOME OF THE LARGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS... DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ... STORMS WILL BE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AND SPREADING INTO OTHER COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SEEK SHELTER IF A STORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA.....
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 3:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
TTAASP KAHN 061941 COR SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR DATE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 330PM EDT MON JUL 6 1987 AT 330 PM EDT THUNDERSTORMS FORMING IN UNION , TOWNS, AND RABUN COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA... THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INCREASING DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND LAST INTO THE EVENING HOURS.. SOME OF THE LARGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS... DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ... STORMS WILL BE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AND SPREADING INTO OTHER COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SEEK SHELTER IF A STORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA.....
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 3:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
TTAASP KAHN 061950 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR DATE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 350PM EDT MON JUL 6 1987 AT 350 PM EDT THUNDERSTORMS IN UNION , TOWNS, AND RABUN COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA REACHING SOUTHWARD TO BANKS AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INCREASING DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND LAST INTO THE EVENING HOURS.. SOME OF THE LARGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS... DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ... STORMS WILL BE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AND SPREADING INTO OTHER COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SEEK SHELTER IF A STORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA.....
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 4:45 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 445 PM EDT MON JUL 6 1987 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 425 PM RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM BLUE RIDGE TO ROME NORTHWESTWARD. STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN GILMER..PICKENS..BARTOW ..CALHOUN..CHATTOOGA AND FLOYD COUNTIES OF GEORGIA. THE STORMS WERE DEVELOPING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. SMALL HAIL..1/4 INCH DIAMETER..AND GUSTY WINDS WERE REPORTED FROM SUGAR VALLEY JUST NORTHWEST OF CALHOUN ABOUT 415 PM BUT NO DAMAGE OCCURRED. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS..LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING INTO THE EVENING HOURS. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER THE REST OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA MOVING EAST ABOUT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
Local storm report, Jul 6, 4:53 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 453 PM EDT MON JUL 6 1987 HAM OPERATOR IN FOREST PARK REPORTED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL THE SIZE OF TIP OF FINGER IN A STORM THERE WITHIN PAST HOUR. THE STORM MOVED EAST.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 41 min |
| Jul 6, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan, Newton, Walton | 61 min |
| Jul 6, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 45 min |
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.