Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1988, 9:23 PM EDT for Baldwin County, Jones County, Georgia. It was in force for 52 min. 2 reports 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, 9:23 PM EDT (01:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1988, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Baldwin County, GA, Jones 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, 9:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Baldwin, GA | |
| Jun 25, 10:05 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Jones, 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 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 1135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1239 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 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 260124
SVRMCN
GAC009-169-260215-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
923 PM EDT JUN 25 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
...BALDWIN...JONES
AT 915 PM EDT RADAR AT MACON SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN
JASPER COUNTY MOVING SOUTH 20 MILES AN HOUR TOWARDD MILLEDGEVILLE IN
BALDWIN COUNTY AND HADDOCK IN JONES COUNTY. THESE STORMS COULD
PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OVER 55 MILES AN HOUR AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING ALONG WITH BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN. THEY WILL BE MOVING
ACROSS HADDOCK AND MILLEDGEVILLE IN 20 MINUTES OR LESS.
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 YO?UR 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, Jun 25, 7:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 727 PM EDT SAT JUNE 25 1988 AT 725 PM EDT...A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THIS LINE OF STORMS EXTENDED EAST FROM HALL COUNTY ...ACROSS JACKSON AND MADISON COUNTIES INTO ELBERT COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING ACROSS BARROW... CLARK...OCCONEE AND OGLETHORPE COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTING AND SMALL HAIL.
Local storm report, Jun 25, 8:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE ATLANTA GA
815 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 1988
REPORTS ON THUNDERSTORMS THAT OCCURRED IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
THIS AFTERNOON...
HEARD COUNTY...........FRANKLIN POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED TREES
DOWN AND ONE LIGHTNING FATALITY AROUND
510 PM EDT.
IN MERIWETHER COUNTY...WOODBURY POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED POWER
LINES DOWN IN THE COMMUNITY OF GAY AROUND
534 PM EDT.
IN COWETA COUNTY.......COWETA SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED TREES
DOWN MAINLY IN THE NORTHERN END OF THE
COUNTY BETWEEN 630 PM AND 700 PM EDT.Local storm report, Jun 25, 8:24 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
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, 51 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, 20 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.
Local storm report, Jun 25, 9:19 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
920 PM SAT JUN 25 1988
COUNTY........ OCONEE OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA
SOURCE........ OCONEE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE
TIME.......... 2015-2030 EDT SAT JUNE 25 1988
LOCATION...... WATKINSVILLE GEORGIA...8 SSW AHN
TYPE STORM.... THUNDERSTORM
HAIL.......... NONE REPORTED
DAMAGE........ SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN.
INJURIES...... NONE REPORTED
WARNING....... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EF;FECT FROM 2015-2115 EDT.
]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, 9:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 47 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 |
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.