Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1988, 4:49 PM EDT for Lincoln County, Georgia; McCormick County, South Carolina. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 1988, 4:49 PM EDT (20:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 1988, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lincoln County, GA, McCormick County, SC
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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 543 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1527 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 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 KAGS 162050
SVRAGS
GAC181-SCC037-065-162145-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA
449 PM EDT MON MAY 16 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUGUSTA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
...LINCOLN
IN WEST CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
...EDGEFIELD...MCCORMICK
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 4:45 PM EDT INDICATED A VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL IN LINCOLN COUNTY GEORGIA NEAR THE TOWN OF
LINCOLNTON AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGaHTNING...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, May 16, 3:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
305 PM EDT MON MAY 16 1988
...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA...
AT 300 PM WEATHER RADAR IN MACON SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE
LOCATED FROM THOMASTON IN UPSON COUNTY AND EXTENDED SOUTH IN A LINE
TO NEAR FORT VALLEY IN PEACH COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT
15 MPH.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS..
HEAVY RAINFALL..DANGEROUS LIGHTING AND HAIL AS THEY MOVE ACROSS
CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
PERSONS NEAR OR IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ALERT
FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A
SAFE PLACE IF NECESSARY.Local storm report, May 16, 3:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE ATLANTA GA
316 PM EDT MON MAY 16 1988
AT 250 PM EDT... GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR FAYETTEVILLE
IN FAYETTE COUNTY. FAYETTE COUNTY 911.
AT 305 PM EDT... MARBLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN RIVERDALE...CLAYTON
COUNTY. REPORTED BY NWS EMPLOYEE.
AT 312 PM EDT... MARBLE TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN JONESBORO...CLAYTON
COUNTY. REPORTED BY NWS EMPLOYEE.
AT 210 PM EDT... 1/4TH INCH DIA HAIL REPORTED AT ATLANTA-HARTSFIELD
AIRPORT.
AT 230 PM EDT... PEA SIZE HAIL IN HAMPTON...HENRY COUNTY.
AT 315 PM EDT... MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT NEWNAN...COWETA COUNTY.Special weather statement, May 16, 3:51 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 4 PM EDT MON MAY 16, 1988 NEWTON AND ELBERT COUNTIES OF GEORGIA HAVE BEEN CLEARED OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS.. VERY STRONG THUNDE RSTORMS CONINTUE IN PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA WITH SOME STILL PRODUCING SMALL HAIL. PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR OTHER WARNINGS IF THEY BECOME NEEDED...
Special weather statement, May 16, 4:02 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 400 PM EDT MON MAY 16 1988 AT 355 PM WEATHER RADAR IN MACON SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM JUST NORTH OF MONTICELLO GEORGIA IN JASPER COUNTY AND EXTENDED WEST IN A LINE TO LAGRANGE GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MPH. ELSEWHERE ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING TO DEVELOPE AND WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS..HEAVY RAINFALL.. DANGEROUS LIGHTING AND HAIL. PERSONS NEAR OR IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND* BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF NECESSARY.
Local storm report, May 16, 4:19 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE ATLANTA GA
415 PM EDT MON MAY 16 1988
AT 410 PM EDT... QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR GRIFFIN...SPALDING
COUNTY.
AT 340 PM EDT... MARBLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN EAST GRIFFIN...SPALDING
COUNTY.
AT 402 PM EDT... MARBLE TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN JACKSON...BUTTS COUNTY.
AT 200 PM EDT...APARTMENT BUILDING UNDER CONTRUCTION IN DEKALB COUNTY.
HILLANDAL:E AND PANOLA ROAD. PART OF BUILDING OR A WALL
COLLAPSED DURING GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS. ONE PERSON
KILLED. DELAYED REPORT FROM DEKALB COUNTY C.D.Special weather statement, May 16, 4:40 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 440 PM EDT MON MAY 16 1988 AT 435 PM WEATHER RADAR IN MACON SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM EASTONTON GEORGIA IN PUTNAM COUNTY AND EXTENDED WEST TO WOODBURY IN MERIWETHER COUNTY. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS NOTED FROM PERRY GEORGIA AND EXTENDED SOUTHEAST TO HAWKINSVILLE IN PULASKI COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF HAIL..STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVED THROUGH JASPER AND HOUSTON COUNTIES. PERSONS NEAR OR IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMXS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF NECESSARY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Rockdale | 26 min |
| May 16, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton | 65 min |
| May 16, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton | 29 min |
| May 16, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Elbert | 52 min |
| May 16, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 48 min |
| May 16, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry | 46 min |
| May 16, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding | 62 min |
| May 16, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts | 62 min |
| May 16, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro | 56 min |
| May 16, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Columbia | 43 min |
| May 16, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Pike, Upson | 50 min |
| May 16, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Columbia, McDuffie | 59 min |
| May 16, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson | 59 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1988Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 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.