Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1988, 4:55 PM EDT for Carroll County, Heard County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 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
- Jun 25, 1988, 4:55 PM EDT (20:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1988, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Carroll County, GA, Heard 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 5:10 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Heard, 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 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 405 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -206 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1030 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 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 KATL 252058
SVRATL
GAC045-149-252145-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
455 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
...CARROLL...HEARD
AT 455 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE
ALABAMA BORDER IN CARROLL COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF CARROLLTON AND
IN CENTRAL HEARD COUNTY NEAR FRANKLIN. THESE STORMS WERE SHOWING
VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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
Local storm report, Jun 25, 1:43 PM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...UPDATE TO 6/24/88
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
1340 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 1988
COUNTY..... LAURENS...FIRS 175
SOURCE..... RURUL ELECTRIC COOP (LITTLE OCMULGEE)
TIME...... AROUND 700 PM EDT
LOCATION... HWY 19 SOUTH OF DUBLIN
TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
DAMAGE..... SEVERAL LOCATIONS ALONG THE HWY...TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN. POWER JUST RESTORED THIS MORNING.
WARNINGS... SVR FROM 637 TO 715 PM EDTSpecial weather statement, Jun 25, 4:43 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 445 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 1988 ...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON... WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME VERY STRONG...WERE DEVELOPING OVER WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. AT 445 PM THIS AFTERNOON THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED WEST OF ATLANTA BETWEEN CARROLTON AND LAGRANGE IN CARROL...HEARD AND COWETA COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS SOUTHWEST OF NEWNAN ABOUT 10 MILES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING VERY LITTLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED FROM THE INTENSE AFTERNOON HEATING. THE OUTFLOW OF RAIN-COOLED AIR FROM THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE A BRIEF PERIOD OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS. SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND SOME BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH A FEW OF THESE STORMS. < THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...INCLUDING THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF METROPOLOTIAN ATLANTA... INTO THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE IN THE EVENING. PERSONS SHOULD STAY ALERT TO DEVELOPING WEATHER AND OBSERVE LIGHTNING RULES.
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 4:55 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 500 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 1988 ...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON... WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME VERY STRONG...WERE DEVELOPING OVER WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. AT 445 PM THIS AFTERNOON THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED WEST OF ATLANTA BETWEEN CARROLTON AND LAGRANGE IN CARROL...HEARD AND COWETA COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS SOUTHWEST OF NEWNAN ABOUT 10 MILES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING VERY LITTLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED FROM THE INTENSE AFTERNOON HEATING. THE OUTFLOW OF RAIN-COOLED AIR FROM THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE A BRIEF PERIOD OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS. SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND SOME BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH A FEW OF THESE STORMS. < THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER WEST CENTR AL GEORGIA ...INCLUDING THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF METROPOLOTIAN ATLANTA... INTO THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE IN THE EVENING. PERSONS SHOULD STAY ALERT TO DEVELOPING WEATHER AND OBSERVE LIGHTNING SAFETY RULES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Habersham, Rabun | 59 min |
| Jun 25, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 44 min |
| Jun 25, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Monroe | 61 min |
| Jun 25, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 30 min |
| Jun 25, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts | 38 min |
| Jun 25, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke | 55 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1988Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1988
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.