Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 1987, 10:15 PM EDT for Twiggs County, Wilkinson County, Georgia. It was in force for 60 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, 10:15 PM EDT (02:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 1987, 11:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Twiggs County, GA, Wilkinson 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, 10:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Twiggs, 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 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 1333 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1545 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 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 300208
SVRMCN
GAC289-319-300315-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
1015PM EDT WED JUL 29 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
...TWIGGS...WILKINSON...
AT 1010 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM JUST EAST OF JEFFERSONVILLE.'..MOVING SOUTH A 10 MPH.
THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL LKELY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.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, 4:22 PM EDT, 5 hours 53 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.
Local storm report, Jul 29, 5:33 PM EDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 530 PM EDT WED JUL 29 1987 COUNTY......DOOLY SOURCE..... DOOLY COUNTY CD DIRECTOR. MIDDLE GA ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CO-OP TIME....... 450 PM EDT LOCATION... VIENNA, GA. TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIDTH...... UNKN LENGTH..... UNKN HAIL....... PINGPONG SIZE IN VIENNA. GOLF BALL SIZE JUST EAST OF VIENNA. DAMAGE..... UNKN. TREES...... UNKN. INJURES.... UNKN. WARNINGS....SVR ISSUED AT 430 PM EDBT VALID UNTIL 515 PM EDT.
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 9:48 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 945 PM EDT WED JUL 29 1987 ...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 940 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER DAMASCUS TO JUST 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLAKELY. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IN THE VERY WESTERN PORTION OF DOUGHERTY COUNTY. MOVEMENT HAS BEEN TO THE SOUTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN EARLY AND MILLER COUNTIES AS WELL AS DOUGHERTY AND BAKER COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. RESIDENTS OF COLQUITT AND SURROUNDING AREAS SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION SHOULD THESE STORMS APPROACH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 10:07 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 910 PM EDT MON JUL 27 1987 AT 9 PM EDT A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURRING AT THE ATHENS AIRPORT. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA. HERE AT THE ATHENS AIRPORT WE RECORED A WIND GUST OF 51 MPH SHORTLY BEFORE 9 PM AND HAD NEARLY 1.75 INCHES OF RAIN IN A 30 MINUTE PERIOD. THE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTH AT AROUND 10 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PO RDUCE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL JAIL. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ON ALERT UNTIL ABOUT 10 PM EDT FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 10:12 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECTIONS TIMES... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1010 PM EDT MON JUL 27 1987 AT 10 PM EDT A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURRING AT THE ATHENS AIRPORT. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA. HERE AT THE ATHENS AIRPORT WE RECORED A WIND GUST OF 51 MPH SHORTLY BEFORE 10 PM AND HAD NEARLY 1.75 INCHES OF RAIN IN A 30 MINUTE PERIOD. THE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTH AT AROUND 10 MPH." THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PORDUCE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ON ALERT UNTIL ABOUT 10 PM EDT FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
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.