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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 29, 1987Dooly County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 1987, 4:39 PM EDT for Dooly County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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 29, 1987, 4:39 PM EDT (20:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 1987, 5:10 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Dooly 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 29, 4:50 PM EDTHail 1.75Dooly, 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 205 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 12:00Z on 1987-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 938 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 12:00Z on 1987-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 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
938 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-88 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
904 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMCN 292039
SVRMCN
GAC093-292130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
439 PM EDT WED JUL 29 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
          ...DOOLY
 
AT 425 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A POSSIBLE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM NEAR VIENNA...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.
 
THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. PERSONS IN
AND AROUND THE VIENNA AREA SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.

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 29, 2:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
245 PM EDT WED JUL 29 1987

AT 240 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD BUILT
UP SUDDENLY IN THE WARNER ROBINS TO MACON AREA AND WERE GROWING RAPIDLY.
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTH 5 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER STORMS WERE DEVELOPING
IN THE CENTRAL GEORGIA AREA.

THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY
WIND...BRIEF ROAD AND STREET FLOODING AND SOME SMALL HAIL.

PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION TO AVOID THE STORMS.
IF YOU MUST DRIVE AVOID COMGESTED AREAS AND INTERSTATES UNTIL THE STORMS
PASS.

STAY TUNED TO RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 4:22 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
420 PM EDT WED JUL 29 1987

 ...A FEW VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...

AT 415 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR WAS AGAIN SHOWING A
SCATTERED LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR VIENNA
TO WEST OF CORDELE TO OVER DAWSON TO JUST EAST OF EDISON. THE
STRONGEST STORM WAS OVER DAWSON MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN
HOUR.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AS
YESTERDAY AND WITH TEMPERATURES SO HOT...A CLOSE WATCH WILL
BE MAINTAINED. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.
PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THESE CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO
TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION. PLEASE RELAY ANY WEATHER INFORMATION TO
THE NEAREST LAW INFORCEMENT AGENY AND ASK THEM TO PASS IT ALONG
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.