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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 23, 1988Lincoln County, Georgia; McCormick County, South Carolina

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 1988, 5:38 PM EDT for Lincoln County, Georgia; McCormick County, South Carolina. It was in force for 52 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 23, 1988, 5:38 PM EDT (21:38 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 1988, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
52 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, 9.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1988-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 591 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1988-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
591 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
883 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAGS 232139
SVRAGS
GAC181-SCC065-232230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA
538 PM EDT MON MAY 23 1988
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUGUSTA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
          ...SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN
IN WEST CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
          ...SOUTHERN MCCORMICK
 
AT 535 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHEAST
LINCOLN COUNTY GEORGIA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN MCCORMICK COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA WITHIN
THE NEXT 30 MINUTES.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORmM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Warren66 min
May 23, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBen Hill, Telfair49 min
May 23, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCAiken, Edgefield48 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.