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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1988, 7:03 PM EDT for Monroe County, Georgia. It was in force for 57 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 26, 1988, 7:03 PM EDT (23:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1988, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Monroe 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 26, 7:05 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Monroe, GA | |
| Jun 26, 7:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Monroe, 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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 1117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1070 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 26, 1:50 PM EDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 0148 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1988 ...THUNDERSTORMS STARTING TO DEVELOP IN CENTRAL GEORGIA.... AT 140 MACON RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED SOUTH OF MACON BETWEEN FORT VALLEY AND PERRY. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON IN CENTRAL GEORGIA. STRONG GUST WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES...AS WELL AS HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. IF THREATENING THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA BE ALERT AND MOVE INDOORS TO A SAFE BUILDING. IF ANY DAMAGE OCCURS REPORT IT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SEVICE OR YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 2:31 PM EDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 230 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1988 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHERN GEORGIA... AT 230 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN ATLANTA WAS SHOWING AN ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER HARALSON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN BREMAN AND DALLAS AND WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 10 MPH. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA JUST ACROSS THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER. THESE STORMS WERE JUST WEST OF TROUP COUNTY. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOPE ACROSS OTHER SECTIONS OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA DURING AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES APPROACH THE 100 DEGREE MARK IN MANY LOCATIONS.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 4:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
TTAASP KATL 262007 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 405 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1988 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA...MOVING TOWARDS THE ATLANTA METRO AREA... AT 405 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN ATLANTA WAS SHOWING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM NEAR ROSWELL IN NORTH FULTON COUNTY SOUTH ALONG THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER...INTO CARROLL AND COWETA COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 5:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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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 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, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Aiken | 47 min |
| Jun 26, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Edgefield | 49 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.