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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 22, 1988Douglas County, Paulding County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 1988, 5:00 PM EDT for Douglas County, Paulding County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 22, 1988, 5:00 PM EDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 1988, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Douglas County, GA, Paulding 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 141 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1988-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1988-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 223 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1746 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KATL 222057
SVRATL
GAC097-223-222045-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
500 PM EDT FRI APR 22 1988

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN  DOUGLAS AND PAULDING

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY ATLANTA WEATHER RADAR NEAR
VILLA RICA IN NORTHEAST CARROL COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO; THE EAST AT
35 MPH.

THIS STORM MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY
RAIN.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 4:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Haralson42 min

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.