Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 1988, 9:58 PM EDT for Turner County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 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, 9:58 PM EDT (01:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 1988, 10:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Turner 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, 10:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Turner, 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
Jacksonville, FL (KAYS), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 228 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
- 2439 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 897 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 332 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 5.0
- Supercell composite
- 18.9
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, Apr 25, 6:19 PM EDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 615PM EDT MON APR 25 1988 VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN A LINE FROM NEAR ATHENS TO NEAF MADISON GEORGIA MOVING EASTWARD AT 60MPH.. PERSONS IN OCONEE..MORGAN.. OGLETHORPE .. GREENE .. AND TALIAFERRO COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN VERY ALERT AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH. ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 83 AND TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 84 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM EDT...TORNADO WATCH 85 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM EDT. 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. LISTEN TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER WARNINGS..
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 6:35 PM EDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 615PM EDT MON APR 25 1988 VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN A LINE FROM NEAR ATHENS TO NEAF MADISON GEORGIA MOVING EASTWARD AT 60MPH.. PERSONS IN OCONEE..MORGAN.. OGLETHORPE .. GREENE .. AND TALIAFERRO COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN VERY ALERT AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH. ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 83 AND TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 84 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM EDT...TORNADO WATCH 85 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM EDT. POSSBILE...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. LISTEN TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER WARNINGS..
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 7:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 730 PM EDT MON APR 25 1988 ...TORNADO WATCH 84 AND 85 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FOR ALL OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BIBB AND MONROE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED. VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN CENTRAL GEORGIA WITHIN A 25 MILE RADIUS OF MACON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED ON RIVERSIDE DRIVE IN MACON AND 3/4 INCH IN THE BLOOMINGFIELD AREA AROUND 700 PM. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF MARBLE SIZE HAIL WERE RECEIVED FROM BIBB AND HOUSTON COUNTIES. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL STRONG AND COULD PRODUCE DAMAGE. MOTORIST SHOULD AVOID DRIVING THROUGH WATER ON ROADS.
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 7:34 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 730 PM EDT MON APR 25 1988 ...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF WEST CENTRAL AND PART OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 9 PM EDT. WEATHER RADAR AT COLUMBUS INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR COLUMBUS AND ELSEWHERE ONLY A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE SHOWN ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH WEST GEORGIA. ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 60 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 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 DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 8:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 810 PM EDT MON APR 25 1988 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 900 PM EDT... ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 85 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM FOR LAURENS...MONTGOMERY...PUTNAM...TELFAIR...TREUTLEN...AND WHEELER. AT 810 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STRETCHED FROM MONTICELLO TO FORSYTH AND FROM NORTH OF DUBLIN SOHUTHWEST TO NEAR PERRYAND HAWKINSVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 55 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 9:47 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 945 PM EDT MON APR 25 1988 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND MOST OF SOUTH GEORGIA UNTIL 100 AM EDT... AT 940 PM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT MOVED ACROSS FORSYTH IN MONROE COUNTY HAD WEAKENED AS IT MOVED INTO JONES COUNTY. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM DUBLIN SOUTHWEST TO ABBEVILLE THEN DUE WEST TO AMERICUS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NEAR 55 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Upson | 20 min |
| Apr 25, 8:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair | 47 min |
| Apr 25, 8:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Monroe | 47 min |
| Apr 25, 10:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Ben Hill, Irwin | 42 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.