Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 1988, 4:50 PM EDT for Dodge County, Georgia. It was in force for 55 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 30, 1988, 4:50 PM EDT (20:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 1988, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dodge 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 30, 5:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Dodge, 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 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, Jul 30, 2:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 210 PM EDT SAT JUL 30, 1988 THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE SPOTTED OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE LARGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL... BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ALONG WITH KILLER CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. SHOULD THERE BE A STORM IN YOUR AREA SEEK SHELTER AT ONCE. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU ARE SURE THE STORM IS GOING TO BEC2OME DAMAGING TO THE SURFACE AREA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Burke, Jenkins, Screven | 53 min |
| Jul 30, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Richmond | 51 min |
| Jul 30, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 49 min |
| Jul 30, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Allendale, Barnwell | 52 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.