Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Atlanta, GA
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 4:50 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Dooly, 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.
- 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
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
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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.