Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 1987, 6:25 PM EDT for Bleckley County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 26, 1987, 6:25 PM EDT (22:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 1987, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bleckley 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 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 1938 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 680 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 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 262225
SVRMCN
GAC023-262315-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
625 PM EDT WED AUG 26 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
...BLECKLEY
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY MACON RADAR 5 MILES EAST OF
COCHRANE IN BLECKLEY COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.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 26, 3:37 PM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 338 PM EDT WED AUG 26 1987 A FEW STRONG THUNDESTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA. AT 335 PM, THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER NORTHERN BUTTS COUNTY AND EASTERN HENRY COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PEOPLE NEAR THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND SEEK SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING CONDITIONS BE SIGHTED. BOATERS AND GOLFERS ON THE VARIOUS LAKES AND GOLF COURSES SHOULD SEEK SHELTER WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE VICINITY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DEVELOPING DURING THE HEAT OF T HE AFTERNOON...AND THE STORMS SHOULD BEGIN TO WEAKEN AFTER SUNSET.
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 3:58 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 356 PM EDT WED AUG 26 1987 AT 350 PM MACON RADAR SHOWED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM ON THE WEST EDGE OF JASPER COUNTY 8 MILES WEST OF MONTICELLO. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL IS LIKELY. EARLIER THIS THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED SMALL HAIL NEAR MCDONOUGH. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM SHOULD GO INTO A SAFE SHELTER OR HOUSE AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN BE EXPECTED ON ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT...THUS LIGHTNING SAFETY PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE FOLLOWED.
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 4:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 450 PM EDT WED AUG 26 1987 AT 445 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD CONTINUED TO DEVELOP IN PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST WERE NEAR GRAY IN JONES COUNTY AND BETWEEN FORSYTH AND FORT VALLEY IN MONROE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND OTHERS THAT DEVELOP INTO THIS EVENING WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS ...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL.F IF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE NEAR BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND REMEMBER TO USE LIGHTNING SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 5:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 500 PM EDT WED AUG 26 1987 THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE IN HENRY AND BUTTS COUNTIES HAVE MOVED EAST AND DIMINISHED. NO FURHTER STORMS AURE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA DURING THE EVENING.
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 5:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
510 PM EDT WED AUG 26 1987
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
AT 510 PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
MONROE IN WALTON COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10
MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO OCONEE COUNTY WITHIN THE HOUR.
PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM CAN EXPECT GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...
HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND hPOSSIBLY SOME
SMALL HAIL.
OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER MORGAN COUNTY OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA.
PERSONS IN WALTON...OCONEE...AND GREENE COUNTIES CAN EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS
TO BE IN THE AREA FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.Special weather statement, Aug 26, 5:50 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 548 PM EDT WED AUG 26 1987 AT 545 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN CENTRAL GEORGIA WITH THE STRONGEST FROM 20 MILES WEST OF MACON NEAR ROBERTA AND FORT VALLEY TO MACON AND WARNER ROBINS. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM LAKE SINCLAIR SOUTH TO DUBLIN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS... FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND SOME SMALL HAIL. WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED NEAR 35 MPH AND ALMOST CONTINUOUS FLASHES OF LIGHTNING WERE REPORTED NEAR ROBERTA IN CRAWFORD COUNTY. SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THEN WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 9:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb | 44 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.