Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 1988, 6:56 PM EDT for Floyd County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 30, 1988, 6:56 PM EDT (22:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 1988, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Floyd 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KATL 302257
SVRATL
GAC115-302345-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
656 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
...FLOYD
THE FLOYD COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WITH
THIS STORM.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.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, 4 hours 40 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.
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 5:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 510 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 1988 AT 505 PM WEATHER RADAR AT COLUMBUS SHOWED SEVERAL VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN SUBURBS OF COLUMBUS. THE STORMS WERE COVERING A RATHER LARGE AREA AND WERE MOVING VERY LITTLE. PERSONS THROUGHOUT THE EASTERN SECTONS OF COLUMBUS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. ALSO...BECAUSE OF THE VERY HEAVY RAINS AND THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...SOME BRIEF FLOODING OF STREETS...RESIDENTIAL YARDS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED. THE STORMS SHOULD DISSIPATE IN THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS.
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 5:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR DATE IN HEADING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 510 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 1988 AT 505 PM WEATHER RADAR AT COLUMBUS SHOWED SEVERAL VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN SUBURBS OF COLUMBUS. THE STORMS WERE COVERING A RATHER LARGE AREA AND WERE MOVING VERY LITTLE. PERSONS THROUGHOUT THE EASTERN SECTONS OF COLUMBUS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. ALSO...BECAUSE OF THE VERY HEAVY RAINS AND THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...SOME BRIEF FLOODING OF STREETS...RESIDENTIAL YARDS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED. THE STORMS SHOULD DISSIPATE IN THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS.
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 6:07 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 607 PM EDT THU JUL 28 1988 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH NORTHWEST GEORGAIA. AT 600 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN ATLANTA WAS SHOWING A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN CHEROKEE COUNTY AT THE NORTHERN END OF LAKE ALATOONA. PEOPLE IN CHEROKEE COUNTY AND ALONG LAKE ALATOONA CAN EXPECT PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN A BROAD BAND FROM NEAR ROME TO BLUE RIDGE LAKE IN FANNIN COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DECREASE DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
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, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge | 55 min |
| Jul 30, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Richmond | 51 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.