Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1987, 4:10 PM EDT for Hall County, White County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 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 26, 1987, 4:10 PM EDT (20:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 1987, 4:58 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 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 26, 4:40 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | White, GA | |
| Jul 26, 4:45 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, 8.2 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
- 554 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1170 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 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 262010
SVRAHN
GAC139-311-262115-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
410 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
...HALL...SOUTHERN WHITE
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR JUST SOUTH OF CLEVELAND
GEORGIA MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MILES AN 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 26, 3:42 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 325 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 1987 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER NORTH HABERSHAM COUNTY OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTH OF CORNELIA AND WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 7 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CLEVELAND AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...SOME SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. OTHER THUNDERSHOWERS WERE OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WEST CAROLINAS. THESE WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 7 MPH. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ANY FURTHER STATEMENTS.
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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.