Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Atlanta, GA
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.
- 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
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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fulton | 60 min |
| Apr 11, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Monroe | 58 min |
| Apr 11, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry, Rockdale | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.