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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 11, 1988Fulton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 1988, 1:03 PM EDT for Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 11, 1988, 1:03 PM EDT (17:03 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 1988, 1:45 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Fulton County, GA

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 109 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1988-04-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 71 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1988-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
71 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-155 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1434 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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, Apr 11, 9:03 AM EDT, 4 hours before
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Special weather statement, Apr 11, 11:54 AM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
1150 AM EDT MON APR 11 1988

 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 56 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6PM EDT
TODAY FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND PORTIONS OF
SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA.

AT 1140 AM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED RAIN AND A
SCATTERED LINE OF THUNDERSHOWERS IN EXTREME EAST ALABAMA MOVING
INTO WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THE SCATTERED LINE OF
THUNDERSHOWERS WAS OCCURRING FROM 15 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS TO 5 MILES
EAST OF HURTSBORO  TO 5 MILES WEST OF EUFAULA TO NEAR ABBEVILLE AND
10 MILES NORTHEAST OF DOTHAN INTO FLORIDA. THESE THUNDERSHOWERS WERE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS ALREADY
REPORTED AT 1145 AM EDT 15 MILES EAST OF TUSKEGEE IN WESTERN RUSSELL
COUNTY ALABAMA FROM ONE OF THESE STORMS.

PERSONS IN WEST CENTRAL..SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD BE
AWARE OF THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE INTO THEIR PRESENCE. ,STRONG GUSTY
WINDS..SMALL HAIL..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL
ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS
OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 12:56 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
1255 PM EDT MON APR 11 1988

 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 56 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6PM EDT
    TODAY FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA AND PORTIONS OF
    NORTHERN FLORIDA...

AT 1250 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL CLUSTERS
OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN GEORGIA. SOME OF THE STRONGER
THUNDERSTROMS WERE IN A SHORT LINE FROM NEAR DOUGLASVILLE TO JUST EAST
OF NEWNAN. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE GEORGIA/
ALABAMA STATE LINE WEST OF LA GRANGE...AND NEAR BOWDEN...TALLAPOOSA...
AND BARNESVILLE.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL REPORTS OF ONE FOURTH TO ONE HALF INCH SIZE
HAIL WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

THESE THUNDERSTROMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF
PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN.

THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTIfNUE TO DEVELOP.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE URGES EVERYONE TO KEEP A WEATHER EYE OUT
AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THREATEN.
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 1:00 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECTION FOR ISSUING OFFICE...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
1255 PM EDT MON APR 11 1988

 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 56 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6PM EDT
    TODAY FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA AND PORTIONS OF
    NORTHERN FLORIDA...

AT 1250 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL CLUSTERS
OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN GEORGIA. SOME OF THE STRONGER
THUNDERSTROMS WERE IN A SHORT LINE FROM NEAR DOUGLASVILLE TO JUST EAST
OF NEWNAN. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE GEORGIA/
ALABAMA STATE LINE WEST OF LA GRANGE...AND NEAR BOWDEN...TALLAPOOSA...
AND BARNESVILLE.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL REPORTS OF ONE FOURTH TO ONE HALF INCH SIZE
HAIL WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

THESE THUNDERSTROMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF
PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN.

THUNDERSTORMS AjCROSS GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE URGES EVERYONE TO KEEP A WEATHER EYE OUT
AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THREATEN.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton60 min
Apr 11, 2:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMonroe58 min
Apr 11, 2:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry, Rockdale57 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.