Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 1988, 8:16 PM EDT for Burke County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 1988, 8:16 PM EDT (00:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 1988, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Burke 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 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 595 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 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 KAGS 120017
SVRAGS
GAC033-120100-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA
816 PM EDT MON APR 11 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUGUSTA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
...WESTERN BURKE
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 810 PM WAS DETECTING AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM
IN WESTERN BURKE COUNTY GEORGIA...IN THE VICINITY OF VIDETTE. THIS
STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT ABOUT 15 MPH. PUBLIC REPORTS OF HAIL
HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED BY BURKE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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
Local storm report, Apr 11, 5:10 PM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
508 PM EDT MON APR 11 1988
COUNTY..... MONROE
SOURCE..... MONROE COUNTY SHERIFF DEPT.
TIME...... 300 PM EDT
LOCATION... NEAR FORSYTH IN MONROE COUNTY
TYPE STORM. THUNDERSTORM
WIDTH...... N/A
LENGTH..... N/A
HAIL....... QUARTER SIZE
DAMAGE..... UNKNOWN
TREES...... UNKNOWN
INJURES.... UNKNOWN
COST....... UNKNOWN
WATCHES.... WW 56 AND WW 57
WARNINGS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MONROE COUNTY IN EFFECT
FROM 230 PM EDT TIL 330 PM EDT.Special weather statement, Apr 11, 5:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 518 PM EDT MON APR 11 1988 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL GA... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHS UNTIL 600 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING FOR A LARGE PART OF GEORGIA... AT 510 PM RADAR LOCATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE EAST OF JEFFERSONVILLE ON THE WILKINSON COUNTY LINE AND NORTHEAST OF DUBLIN IN LAURENS COUNTY. THEY WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 25 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING AND DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL GA DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. FLOODING MAY BECOME A PROBLEM NEAR SLOW MOVING HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS. DRIVERS SLOW DOWN AND DRIVE CAREFULLY WHEN NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. PEOPLE IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA REMAIN ALERT TO CURRENT WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO SLOW DOWN AND DRIVE CAREFULLY WHEN IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS WITHIN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CURRENT WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO RADIO...TELEVISION...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 5:23 PM EDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 518 PM EDT MON APR 11 1988 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL GA... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHS UNTIL 600 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING FOR A LARGE PART OF GEORGIA... AT 510 PM RADAR LOCATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE EAST OF JEFFERSONVILLE ON THE WILKINSON COUNTY LINE AND NORTHEAST OF DUBLIN IN LAURENS COUNTY. THEY WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 25 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING AND DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL GA DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. FLOODING MAY BECOME A PROBLEM NEAR SLOW MOVING HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS. DRIVERS SLOW DOWN AND DRIVE CAREFULLY WHEN NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. PEOPLE IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA REMAIN ALERT TO CURRENT WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 6:14 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 600 PM EDT MON APRIL 11 1988 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 57 HAS EXPIRED AND IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ATHENS RADAR INDICATED RAIN AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. IN NORTHEAT GEORGIA, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER WALTON, OCONEE, AND OGLETHORPE COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE ATHENS AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 6:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 635 PM EDT MON APR 11 1988 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBERS 56 AND 57 EXPIRED AT 6 PM EDT. RAINFALL DURING THE AFTERNOON HAS COOLED THE AIR THUS REDUCING THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. AT 630 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN ATLANTA WAS SHOWING NUMEROUS SHOWERS OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA. SOME APPEARED TO BE PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OCCURRING ALONG THE GEORGIA/ALABAMA BORDER SOUTHWEST OF ATLANTA FROM NEAR LA GRANGE TO NEAR CARROLLTON. SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTH AT AROUND 15 MPH.
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 7:26 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 725 PM EDT MON APR 11 1988 ...THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINSHOWERS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 715 PM RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEST OF FORT VALLEY IN PEACH COUNTY TO EASTERN PULASKI COUNTY. THEY WERE MOVING NORTH 20 MILES AN HOUR. NUMEROUS HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS SPREAD ACROSS THE CENTRAL ONE-THIRD OF THE STATE WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN IN A BROAD BAND FROM NORTH OF COLUMBUS TO ATLANTA TO ATHENS AND TO STATESBORO. THESE HEAVY SHOWERS COVERED A BROAD AREA AND WERE MOVING NORTH 10 MILES AN HOUR SO WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS NEAR UNDERPASSES AND HILLS. DRIVERS SHOULD NOT TRY CROSSING ROADS THAT ARE UNDER WATER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TO TV AND OTHER RADIO STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.