Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 1987, 9:02 PM EDT for Stephens County, Georgia. It was in force for 58 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 30, 1987, 9:02 PM EDT (01:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 1987, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Stephens 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 30, 9:10 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Stephens, 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 530 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1363 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAHN 310102 SVRAHN GAC257-310200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 902 PM EDT THU JUL 30 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...STEPHENS AT 9PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR TOCCOA GEORGIA IN STEPHENS COUNTY OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THIS STORMe IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST 10 MPH. 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.
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 30, 6:11 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 610 PM EDT THU JUL 30 1987 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 605 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING AND VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF TALBOTTON TO JUNCTION CITY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. ANOTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA JUST WEST OF COLQUITT IN MILLER COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS NEAR THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO TAKE PROTECTED ACTION. VERY STRONG WINDS..SMALL HAIL..AS WELL AS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THE HEAVY RAIN. MANY TREES HAVE BEEN BLOWN DOWN FROM THESE TYPE THUNDERSTORMS CAUSING LOST OF POWER. CAUTION IS ADVISED UNTIL THESE STORMS DECREASE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 7:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 705 PM EDT THU JUL 30 1987 VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO BUILD WITHIN A 25 MILE RADIUS OF ATHENS GEORGIA. WINDS OF 53 MILES AN HOUR HAVE BEEN RECORDED AT THE ATHENS WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. PEOPLE IN THE ATHENS AREA AND TO THE EAST AND SOUTH OF ATHENS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS..FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING..STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 8 PM EDT.
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 7:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 710 PM EDT THU JUL 30 1987 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN BLECKLEY...DODGE...AND LAURENS COUNTIES... AT 705 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING FROM NEAR COCHRAN TO DUBLIN AND SOUTH TO NEAR EASTMAN. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH DEADLY LIGHTNING. HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE LARGER STORMS. THE STORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY SO AREAS IN THE PATH OF THE STORMS WILL EXPERIENCE VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH WILL CAUSE TEMPORARY FLOODING OF ROADS AND LOW LYING POOR DRAINAGE AREAS THAT USUALLY FLOOD IN HEAVY RAINS.
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 8:11 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 805 PM EDT THU JUL 30 1987 VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO MORGAN.. GREENE AND TALIAFERRO COUNTIES. PEOPLE IN THE ABOVE COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 9 PM! EDT.
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 8:25 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 825 PM EDT THU JUL 30 1987 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING PUTNAM AND BALDWIN COUNTIES... AT 820 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A SMALL AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST EAST AND NORTHEAST OF EATONTON...AND VERY NEAR LAKE SINCLAIR. THE STORMS WERE DRIFTING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. STONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY DRIFT SOUTH. BOATERS+ ON LAKE SINCLAIR ARE ADVISED TO HEAD FOR SHORE BEFORE THESE STORMS APPROACH.
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 8:54 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 855 PM EDT THU JUL 30 1987 A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED OVER NORTH STEPHENS COUNTY OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM ISY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN STEPHENS COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM UNTIL 10 PM EDT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton | 59 min |
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.