Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 1988, 3:07 PM EDT for Bibb County, Monroe County, Georgia. It was in force for 53 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
- Apr 25, 1988, 3:07 PM EDT (19:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 1988, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bibb County, GA, Monroe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 3:45 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Bibb, 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
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 317 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
- 1827 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 437 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMCN 251910
SVRMCN
GAC021-207-252000-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
307 PM EDT MON APR 25 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
...BIBB...MONROE
AT 306 PM RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN FORSYTH
AND MACON MOVING EAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.
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, Apr 25, 10:11 AM EDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 1005 AM EDT MON APR 25 1988 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS INVADE EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA... WEST CENTRAL ...AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 10 AM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM TUSKEGEE...HURTSBORO AND SEALE ALABAMA EXTENDING EAST TO COLUMBUS...LUMPKIN AND AMERICUS GEORGIA. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM EDISON IN CALHOUN COUNTY EXTENDING EAST TO ALBANY GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF EDISON. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS EAST AT 40 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING ANAD 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 DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 10:33 AM EDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1025 AM EDT MON APR 25 1988 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS WERE NOTED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSHOWER WAS NEAR SANDERSVILLE GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 10:47 AM EDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 1048 AM EDT MON APR 25 1988 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AND MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL GA... AT 1030 AM AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTS LOCATED SEVERAL VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH TURNER AND NORTHERN TIFT COUNTIES NEAR ASHBURN AND TIFTON. THUNDERSORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. AT 1025 THIS THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED HAIL TO MARBLE SIZE NEAR INTERSTAT6E 75 AT ROAD MARKER 85 ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WIND AND HEAVY RAINFALL. PERSONS IN AND NEAR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE AWARE OF WEATHER CONDITONS NEARBY AND BE READY TO TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTIONS IF BAD WEATHER SEEMS LIKEY.
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 11:09 AM EDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 1107 AM EDT MON APR 25 1988 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 11 AM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM BRIDGEBORO...SYLVESTER AND ROCHELLE EXTENDING EAST TO OCILLA...MCRAE AND LUMBER CITY GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF TIFTON IN TIFT COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED MARBLE SIZED HAIL IN TIFT COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS EAST AT 40 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN I NTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 11:28 AM EDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1125 AM EDT MON APR 25 1988 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS WERE OCCURRING OVER THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF GEORGIA MAINLY SOUTH OF A PERRY TO: SWAINSBORO LINE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 2:47 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 248 PM EDT MON APR 25 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 83 FOR MOST OF NORTH GEORGIA ALSO INCLUDES PUTNAM AND JASPER COUNTIES IN CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 800 PM... AT 240 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA FROM THOMASTON TO NORTH OF ATLANTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING VERY RAPIDLY EAST NEAR 55 MILES AN HOUR. THESES THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO MONROE COUNTY NEAR FORSYTH WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH AND MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADAR OR OTHER BROADCASTS FOR UPDATES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas | 25 min |
| Apr 25, 3:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Fulton | 43 min |
| Apr 25, 3:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette | 37 min |
| Apr 25, 3:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll | 35 min |
| Apr 25, 3:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll | 31 min |
| Apr 25, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry, Rockdale | 23 min |
| Apr 25, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan, Newton, Walton | 66 min |
| Apr 25, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Fulton | 33 min |
| Apr 25, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 25 min |
| Apr 25, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Upson | 25 min |
| Apr 25, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Monroe | 33 min |
| Apr 25, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 30 min |
| Apr 25, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard | 30 min |
| Apr 25, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton | 27 min |
| Apr 25, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 27 min |
| Apr 25, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Henry, Rockdale | 30 min |
| Apr 25, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 65 min |
| Apr 25, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Pike, Upson | 28 min |
| Apr 25, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Upson | 24 min |
| Apr 25, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Monroe | 64 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.