Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 1987, 9:16 PM EDT for Bibb County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 25, 1987, 9:16 PM EDT (01:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 1987, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bibb County, GA
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 2017 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1167 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KMCN 260116
SVRMCN
GAC021-260200-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
916 PM EDT TUE AUG 25 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
...BIBB
AT 915 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF MACON...
DRIFTING SLOWLY EAST.
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, Aug 25, 7:12 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 630 PM EDT TUE AUG 25 1987 ...THUNDERSTORMS OVER HEARD...CARROLL....DOUGLAS...COWETTA... FULTON COUNTIES.... AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM ABOUT 25 MILES NORTH OF LAGRANGE TO NEAR FAIRBURN IN SOUTHWEST FULTON COUNTY. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY EAST. DUE TO THEIR SLOW MOVEMENT THEY MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL ALSO MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. PERSONS NEAR THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ON ALERT AND SEEK SHELTER WHEN ONE OCCURS. STAY INDOORS AND DO NOT USE ELECTRIAL APPLIANCES DURING THESE STORMS. DRIVERS SHOULD WATCH FOR LOCAL FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. THESE STORMS SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH AFTER 8 PM AS THE SUN SETS.
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 7:14 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRRECTION TO TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 715 PM EDT TUE AUG 25 1987 ...THUNDERSTORMS OVER HEARD...CARROLL....DOUGLAS...COWETTA... FULTON COUNTIES.... AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM ABOUT 25 MILES NORTH OF LAGRANGE TO NEAR FAIRBURN IN SOUTHWEST FULTON COUNTY. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY EAST. DUE TO THEIR SLOW MOVEMENT THEY MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL ALSO MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. PERSONS NEAR THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ON ALERT AND SEEK SHELTER WHEN ONE OCCURS. STAY INDOORS AND DO NOT USE ELECTRIAL APPLIANCES DURING THESE STORMS. DRIVERS SHOULD WATCH FOR LOCAL FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. THESE STORMS SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH AFTER 8 PM AS THE SUN SETS.
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 7:14 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 713 PM EDT TUE AUG 25 1987 ...STRONG THUNDRSTORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 708 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR PHENIX CITY IN RUSSELL COUNTY IN ALABAMA. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED. PERSONS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS. SINCE THESE STORMS WERE THE PRODUCT OF THE INTENSE HEAT AND ADDED MOISTURE EXPERIENCED TODAY...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL END SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. WHEN A THUNDERSTORM THREATENS...GET INSIDE A HOME OR LARGE STURDY BUILDING. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES EXCEPT FOR EMERGENCIES.
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 7:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 736 PM EDT TUE AUG 25 1987 ...A CLUSTER OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER DOUGHERTY COUNTY... AT 730 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER DOUGHERTY COUNTY OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS NOW A SLOW DRIFT TO THE EAST. RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF ALBANY...AS WELL AS OTHER RESIDENTS ACROSS DOUGHERTY COUNTY...SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE REPORTED EARLIER TODAY IN RANDOLPH AND CALHOUN COUNTIES WHERE LARGE HAIL AND POWER OUTAGES WERE EXPERIENCED. 0ALSO...SINCE THESE ARE SLOW MOVING STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN... LOCAL FLOODING OF STREETS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS MAY OCCUR. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH PONDED WATER ON ROADWAYS. FOR THE MOST ACCURATE INFORMATION...LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 8:40 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 839 PM EDT TUE AUG 25 1987 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 835 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF CALHOUN...DOUGHERTY...AND BAKER COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 5 MILES NORTH OF THE TOWN OF NEWTON IN BAKER COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 5 MPH. PERSONS LIVING IN CALHOUN...DOUGHERTY...AND BAKER COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS. STRONG GUSTY WINDS... FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. LIGHTNING HAS BEEN THE NUMBER ONE KILLER IN GEORGIA OFn ALL WEATHER RELATED DEATHS. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING MAY STRIKE SOME MILES FROM THE PARENT CLOUD. PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN EVEN THOUGH A THUNDERSTORM IS NOT DIRECTLY OVERHEAD. BE SMART AND FIND SAFE SHELTER IF A THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPS NEAR YOU.
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 9:06 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 905 PM EDT TUE AUG 25 1987 ...SPECTACULAR LIGHTNING DISPLAY ACROSS MUSCOGEE COUNTY... AT 9PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PERSONNEL WERE OBSERVING A SPECTACULAR DISPLAY OF LIGHTNING OVER MUSCOGEE COUNTY. THE LIGHTNING WAS A PRODUCT OF A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME EAST MUSCOGEE COUNTY. IT WAS DRIFTING VERY SLOWLY EAST. ALTHOUGH THIS LIGHTNING WAS PRODUCING A FANTASTIC SHOW...RESIDENTS OF MUSCOGEE COUNTY NEED TO REMAIN AWARE OF THE HAZARDS OF LIGHTNING. LIGHTNING HAS BEEN THE NUMBER ONE KILLER IN GEORGIA OF ALL WEATHER RELATED DEATHS. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING MAY STRIKE SOME MILES FROM THE PARENT CLOUD. PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN EVEN THOUGH A THUNDERSTORM IS NOT DIRECTLY OVERHEAD. Q
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley | 50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.