Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 153, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 1988, 4:08 PM EDT for McMinn County, Tennessee. It was in force for 52 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 16, 1988, 4:08 PM EDT (20:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 1988, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County McMinn County, TN
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 16, 4:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Mcminn, TN |
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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 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
Local storm report, Jul 16, 1:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
DELAYED STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
145 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 1988
REF STORM ACTIVITY.....FRIDAY JUL 15 1988
COUNTY..... RANDOLPH-TERRELL
SOURCE..... PATAULA ELECTRIC-SUMTER ELECTRIC
TIME....... ABOUT 730 PM EDT
LOCATION... SCATTERED ACROSS RANDOLPH AND TERRELL COUNTIES
TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
HAIL....... NONE
DAMAGE..... SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES DUE TO LARGE TREE LIMBS BREAKING OFF
INTO POWER LINES AND DUE TO LIGHTNING STRIKES (RANDOLPH CO.)
A FEW POWER OUTAGES DUE TO LIGHTNING STRIKES (TERRELL CO.)
INJURIES... NONE
WATCHES.... NONE
WARNINGS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM FOR RANDOLPH AND TERRELL COUNTIES FROM
7.11 PM EDT UNTIL 8.15 #PM EDT.Special weather statement, Jul 16, 1:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 145 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 1988 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA... SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE NORTHWEST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. AT 140 PM... THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED JUST WEST AND NORTHWEST OF ROME NEAR THE TOWNS OF CAVE SPRINGS AND LA FAYETTE. HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE SLOWLY NORTH AT 5 MPH. TALLAPOOSA POLICE DEPARTMENT IN HARALSON COUNTY REPORTED THREE TREES DOWN WITH A STORM THAT MOVED ACROSS THEIR AREA AROUND 1240 PM THIS AFTERNOON. WITH THE INTENSE HEAT AND MUGGY AIR OVER THE REGION.!..OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL POP UP ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. PEOPLE IN THE AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR DARK THREATENING CLOUDS ...AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE INSIDE TO A SAFE AREA.
Local storm report, Jul 16, 2:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
DELAYED STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
225 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 1988
REF STORM ACTIVITY.....FRIDAY JUL 15 1988
COUNTY..... QUITMAN
SOURCE..... GEORGETOWN POLICE-PATAULA ELECTRIC
TIME....... AROUND 8 PM EDT
LOCATION... IN GEORGETOWN AND SCATTERED ACROSS QUITMAN COUNTY
TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
HAIL....... NONE
DAMAGE..... SEVERAL DOWNED TREES AND NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES CAUSING
POWER OUTAGES. LIGHTNING STARTED A HOUSE FIRE IN GEORGETOWN
AND KNOCKED OUT AN ENTIRE SUBSTATION (MANY WITHOUT POWER ALL
NIGHT).
INJURIES... NONE
WATCHES.... NONE
WARNINGS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM FOR QUITMAN COUNTY FROM
7.37 PM EDT UNTIL 8.30H PM EDT.Local storm report, Jul 16, 2:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
DELAYED STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
240 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 1988
REF STORM ACTIVITY.....FRIDAY JUL 15 1988
COUNTY..... TIFT
SOURCE..... GEORGIA STATE PATROL-TIFTON POLICE
TIME....... AROUND 830 TO 845 PM EDT
LOCATION... IN TIFTON AND ACROSS TIFT COUNTY
TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
HAIL....... NONE
DAMAGE..... DOWNED TREES JUST EAST OF TIFTON ON HIGHWAY 82.
TREE DOWN ACROSS MOORE HIGHWAY.
HEAVY RAION FLOODED I-75 (CARS HAD TROUBLE DRIVING THROUGH
LOW WATER CROSSING...BACKED UP TRAFFIC)
INJURIES... NONE
WATCHES.... NONE
WARNINGS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM FOR QUITMAN COUNTY FROM
8.20 PM EDT UNTIL 9.15 PM EDT.Special weather statement, Jul 16, 2:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 250 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 1988 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA. AT 250 PM... THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NORTH OF ATLANTA IN CHEROKEE COUNTY NEAR CANTON. INTENSE LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS... AND HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM AS IT DRIFTS SLOWLY TO THE NORTH. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED BETWEEN ROME AND CHATTANOOGA. THE AFTERNOON HEAT WILL CONTINUE TO TRIGGER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. PEOPLE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND MOVE INSIDE IF THVREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS IN YOUR AREA.
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 3:45 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hamilton | 45 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.