Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1988, 8:34 PM EDT for Hart County, Georgia. It was in force for 56 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
- Jul 9, 1988, 8:34 PM EDT (00:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1988, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hart 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 8:59 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Hart, 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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 523 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2038 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 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 KAHN 100034
SVRAHN
GAC147-100130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
834 PM EDT JUL 9 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
...HART
AT 830 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM EAST OF HARTWELL
GEORGIA NEAR LAKE HARTWELL. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.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
Local storm report, Jul 9, 6:29 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 625 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 1988 COUNTY........ HABERSHAM SOURCE........ HABERSHAM CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICE TIME.......... 558 PM EDT LOCATION...... TALLULAH FALLS TYPE STORM.... THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... NONE DAMAGE........ SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN INJURIES...... NONE WARNING....... SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ISSUED AT 525 PM EDT FOR THIS STORM v ]
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 7:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 715 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 1988 ...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN PARTS OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA... ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED IN THE LATE AFTERNOON HEAT ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA. AT 710 PM RADAR SHOWED A FEW STORMS BETWEEN THE ATLANTA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND BUFORD IN GWINNETT COUNTY...AND BETWEEN MARIETTA AND CHATTANOOGA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR STONE MOUNTAIN. SINCE THESE STORMS WERE MOVING VERY SLOWLY...SMALL AREAS MAY RECEIVE HEAVY RAINFALL FOR UP TO AN HOUR. BRIEF LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WHERE STORMS OCCUR. IN ADDITION FREQUENT STROKES OF CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUDDEN CHANGES IN THE WEATHER. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM COULD DEVELOP RAPIDLY AT ANY LOCATION. THOSE PLANNING EVENING ACTIVITIES OUTDOORS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 7:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 725 PM EDT SAT JULY 9 1988 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED AT 604 PM EDT FOR WALTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA HAS EXPIRED... HOWEVER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA WITH THE STRONGEST LOCATED JUST NORTHEAST OF ATHENS. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE TO AFTER SUNSET AND POSSIBLY FOR A LITTLE WHILE LONGER BEFORE DECREASING.
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 7:53 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 745 PM EDT SAT JULY 9 1988 SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER NORTH GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE EAST OF ATLANTA AND SOUTH OF GAINESVILLE AND NORTH OF ROME GEORGIA. MOVEMENT SOUTH AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE TO AFTER SUNSET AND POSSIBLY FOR A LITTLE WHILE LONGER BEFORE DECREASING. IN THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WINDS.. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED.
Local storm report, Jul 9, 8:02 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 800 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 1988 COUNTY........ WALTON SOURCE........ WALTON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE TIME.......... 622 PM EDT LOCATION...... NORTH OF SOCIAL CIRCLE TYPE STORM.... THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... NONE DAMAGE........ REPORTS TREES DOWN INJURIES...... NONE WARNING....... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 604 TO 700 PM EDT
Local storm report, Jul 9, 8:06 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 805 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 1988 COUNTY........ MADISON SOURCE........ PUBLIC TIME.......... 630 TO 700 PM EDT LOCATION...... HULL ( 6 MILES NORTH OF ATHENS GEORGIA) TYPE STORM.... THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... MARBLE SIZE DAMAGE........ REPORTS TREES DOWN INJURIES...... NONE WARNING....... NONE ..SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
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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.