Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 123, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1988, 9:13 PM EDT for DeKalb County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 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, 9:13 PM EDT (01:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1988, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties DeKalb County, GA, Fulton 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, 9:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | De Kalb, 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 text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Jun 25, 7:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
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LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
820 PM SAT JUN 25 1988
COUNTY........ CLARKE
SOURCE........ JACKSON EMC...AMATURE RADIO OPERATOR
TIME.......... 1935-2015 EDT SAT JUNE 25 1988
LOCATION...... ATHENS GEORGIA
TYPE STORM.... THUNDERSTORM
HAIL.......... PEA SIZE
DAMAGE........ SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN SOME ON CARS...POWER LINES DOWN.
INJURIES...... NONE REPORTED
WARNING....... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1935-2035 EDT.
]Special weather statement, Jun 25, 8:32 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 832 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 1988 AT 825 PM MACON RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTH BLECKLEY COUNTY 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF COCHRAN. IT WAS NEARLY STATIONARY AND BEGINNING TO DECREASE IN STRENGTH. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTH OF THE CENTRAL GEORGIA COUNTIES OF JASPER AND PUTNAM BUT THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE IN JASPER AND PUTNAM COUNTIES IN TEN MINUTES AND APPROACH MONTICELLO AND EATONTON IN 30 MINUTES. VERY STRONG GUSTY WIND HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THE STORMS NORTH OF PUTNAM COUNTY. STAY AWARE OF APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIOS FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ABOUT THESE STORMS.
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 9:03 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 905 PM EDT SAT JUNE 25 1988 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR OCONEE AND GREENE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. THUNDERSTORM$S CONTINUE ACROSS TALIAFERRO...GREENE...MORGAN AND NEWTON COUNTIES...HOWEVER THE INTENSITY OF THE STORMS HAVE DECREASED. THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE SOUTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND ARE SLOWLY WEAKENING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 8:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley | 68 min |
| Jun 25, 8:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Oconee | 48 min |
| Jun 25, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fulton | 46 min |
| Jun 25, 9:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jones | 52 min |
| Jun 26, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley | 69 min |
| Jun 26, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 3:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dooly | 27 min |
| Jun 26, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Warren | 41 min |
| Jun 26, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Troup | 54 min |
| Jun 26, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 68 min |
| Jun 26, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson | 54 min |
| Jun 26, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones | 62 min |
| Jun 26, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Screven | 50 min |
| Jun 26, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Monroe | 57 min |
| Jun 26, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Aiken | 47 min |
| Jun 26, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Edgefield | 49 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.