Weather alerts in Georgia, 1987
82 weather alerts in 1987, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1987. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 82
- Warnings
- 82
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- June19 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 3, 198710 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 2:50 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 5 hr |
| Jan 18, 2:50 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas | 5 hr |
| Mar 25, 3:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Pierce, Wayne | 50 min |
| Mar 26, 12:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Grady | 58 min |
| Mar 26, 3:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Coffee | 56 min |
| Apr 14, 10:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walker | 47 min |
| Apr 14, 10:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa | 27 min |
| Apr 15, 3:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Hall, Lumpkin | 59 min |
| Apr 15, 3:53 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Habersham | 67 min |
| Apr 15, 4:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Madison | 30 min |
| Apr 15, 4:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oconee | 30 min |
| Apr 15, 6:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkinson | 30 min |
| Apr 23, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Madison | 56 min |
| Apr 23, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stephens | 55 min |
| Apr 23, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene | 63 min |
| Apr 23, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 63 min |
| May 4, 1:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Hall | 21 min |
| May 4, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Madison, Oglethorpe | 66 min |
| May 4, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jackson | 66 min |
| May 4, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 47 min |
| May 4, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Rockdale | 34 min |
| May 4, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan | 65 min |
| May 4, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp | 49 min |
| May 29, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Polk | 41 min |
| Jun 2, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Candler | 65 min |
| Jun 3, 1:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Chattahoochee, Marion, Talbot | 68 min |
| Jun 3, 1:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Muscogee | 68 min |
| Jun 3, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston | 39 min |
| Jun 3, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Fulton | 68 min |
| Jun 3, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Henry, Rockdale | 63 min |
| Jun 3, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Columbia | 46 min |
| Jun 3, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Cook | 35 min |
| Jun 3, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wheeler | 49 min |
| Jun 3, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 40 min |
| Jun 3, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Cook | 45 min |
| Jun 4, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Bryan, Chatham | 56 min |
| Jun 4, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Washington | 67 min |
| Jun 17, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston | 40 min |
| Jun 19, 8:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling | 61 min |
| Jun 20, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Pierce, Ware | 53 min |
| Jun 21, 7:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker, Whitfield | 68 min |
| Jun 26, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb | 57 min |
| Jun 26, 8:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Mitchell, Worth | 25 min |
| Jul 1, 7:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall, White | 35 min |
| Jul 2, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 69 min |
| Jul 2, 8:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge | 41 min |
| Jul 2, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Burke, Jefferson, Richmond | 60 min |
| Jul 6, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall, Lumpkin, White | 61 min |
| Jul 6, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 41 min |
| Jul 6, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan, Newton, Walton | 61 min |
| Jul 6, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 45 min |
| Jul 14, 8:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Clay, Randolph | 65 min |
| Jul 26, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall, White | 48 min |
| Jul 27, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Rabun | 32 min |
| Jul 28, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Mitchell | 46 min |
| Jul 29, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly | 31 min |
| Jul 29, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lee, Terrell | 51 min |
| Jul 29, 10:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs, Wilkinson | 60 min |
| Jul 30, 9:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stephens | 58 min |
| Jul 31, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton | 59 min |
| Aug 3, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones | 60 min |
| Aug 3, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly | 56 min |
| Aug 10, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston | 58 min |
| Aug 18, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Muscogee | 38 min |
| Aug 25, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 50 min |
| Aug 25, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Randolph | 47 min |
| Aug 25, 9:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb | 44 min |
| Aug 26, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley | 50 min |
| Aug 26, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Taylor | 45 min |
| Aug 30, 9:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Grady, Thomas | 40 min |
| Aug 31, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Stewart | 45 min |
| Aug 31, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Pulaski | 64 min |
| Aug 31, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly | 50 min |
| Aug 31, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Randolph, Terrell | 68 min |
| Aug 31, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley | 42 min |
| Dec 15, 5:52 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Douglas, Paulding | 53 min |
| Dec 15, 6:03 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, Forsyth, Fulton | 42 min |
| Dec 15, 6:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 47 min |
| Dec 15, 6:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 47 min |
| Dec 15, 6:52 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Habersham, Rabun | 53 min |
| Dec 15, 7:32 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton, Walton | 58 min |
| Dec 15, 7:32 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Oconee | 58 min |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 79 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 2 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- DeKalb County6
- Fulton County6
- Hall County6
- Clarke County3
- Madison County3
- Houston County3
- White County3
- Newton County3
- Randolph County3
- Dooly County3
- Cobb County2
- Douglas County2
- Pierce County2
- Grady County2
- Walker County2
- Catoosa County2
- Lumpkin County2
- Habersham County2
- Oconee County2
- Wilkinson County2
- Stephens County2
- Jackson County2
- Rockdale County2
- Morgan County2
- Muscogee County2
- Cook County2
- Gwinnett County2
- Colquitt County2
- Bibb County2
- Mitchell County2
- Dodge County2
- Walton County2
- Rabun County2
- Terrell County2
- Bleckley County2
- Forsyth County2
- Wayne County1
- Coffee County1
- Dawson County1
- Greene County1
37 more counties
- Wilkes County1
- Banks County1
- Oglethorpe County1
- Crisp County1
- Polk County1
- Candler County1
- Chattahoochee County1
- Marion County1
- Talbot County1
- Clayton County1
- Fayette County1
- Henry County1
- Columbia County1
- Wheeler County1
- Bryan County1
- Chatham County1
- Washington County1
- Appling County1
- Ware County1
- Whitfield County1
- Worth County1
- Burke County1
- Jefferson County1
- Richmond County1
- Clay County1
- Lee County1
- Twiggs County1
- Jones County1
- Bartow County1
- Calhoun County1
- Taylor County1
- Thomas County1
- Stewart County1
- Pulaski County1
- Paulding County1
- Cherokee County1
- Barrow County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive19861988
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.