Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1988, 4:53 PM EDT for McDuffie County, Georgia. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 1988, 4:53 PM EDT (20:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1988, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County McDuffie 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -207 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1690 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 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 092053
SVRAGS
GAC189-092145-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA
453 PM EDT THU JUN 9 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUGUSTA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
...MCDUFFIE
AT 445 PM WEATHER RADAR AND A SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTER INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR THOMSON GEORGIA. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO
THE SOUTHEAST AT 40 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, Jun 9, 2:21 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
TTAA0S KATL 091821 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 220 PM EDT THU JUN 9 1988 JUST AFTER 2 PM EDT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS STARTED DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ACROSS GEORGIA. ALTHOUGH THERE WERE ONLY A FEW...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MORE NUMEROUS ACROSS THE STATE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. AT 215 PM...THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THE ALABAMA/ GEORGIA STATE LINE WEST OF CARROLLTON. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING ACROSS GEORGIA. SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE VERY STRONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SOME HAIL BESICDES THE HEAVY RAIN.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 3:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
TTAA0S KATL 091900 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 300 PM EDT THU JUN 9 1988 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA FROM 3 PM UNTIL 10 PM. THIS INCLUDES FULTON...CLAYTON...DEKALB...DOUGLAS...FAYETTE...COWETA...CARROLL... ROCKDALE...AND HENRY COUNTIES IN THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE BUILDING RAPIDLY ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA FROM ATHENS THROUGH THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA TO CARROLTON. AROUND 245 PM THE FIRE CHIEF AT WINDER IN BARROW COUNTY REPORTED 1/4 INCH HAIL FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING ACROSS GEORGIA. SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE VERY STRONG WITH| LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SOME HAIL BESIDES THE HEAVY RAIN.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 3:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
TTAA0S KATL 091919 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 320 PM EDT THU JUN 9 1988 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA AND PARTS OF ALABAMA UNTIL 10 PM... THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF FULTON...CLAYTON...DEKALB...DOUGLAS ...FAYETTE...COWETA...CARROLL...ROCKDALE...AND HENRY COUNTIES IN THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CONTINUED TO BUILD RAPIDLY JUST WEST OF THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE ATLANTA AREA BETWEEN 330 PM AND 500 PM EDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE VERY STRONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN....DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. PEOPLE IN THE ATLANTA AREA SHOULD BE ALERT TO THESE STORMS AND TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO INSURE SAFETY. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL SHOULD BE ALERT AND DELAY THEIR PLANS UNTIL AFTER THE STORMS MOVE THROUGH.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 3:56 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 355 PM EDT THU JUN 9 1988 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA AND PARTS OF ALABAMA UNTIL 10 PM... THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF FULTON...CLAYTON...DEKALB...DOUGLAS ...FAYETTE...COWETA...CARROLL...ROCKDALE...AND HENRY COUNTIES IN THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA. A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH ATLANTA SHORTLY AFTER 3 PM. WIND GUSTS OF 52 MPH OCCURRED AT FULTON COUNTY AIRPORT NEAR SIX FLAGS ABOUT 315 PM. STRONG GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AT 35 MPH. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ALSO OCCUR. PEOPLE IN THE ATLANTA AREA SHOULD BE ALERT AND TAKE PRECAUTIONS AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF ATLANTA.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 4:08 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 405PM EDT JUNE 9, 1988 TURBLENT WEATHER IS OCCURING ACROSS PORTIONS OF GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS POSTED FOR MUCH OF THE STATE UNTIL 10 PM. THUNDERSTORMS CAUSED WIND GUSTS TO 52 MPH AT FULTON COUNTY AIRPORT THIS AFTERNOON AND THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS THE STATE. PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN VERY ALERT TO ANY THUNDERSTORMS SINCE THE SURFACE WINDS ARE ALREADY STRONG DUE TO PRESSURE CHANGES ALONE. THE ADDED SPEEDS OF ANY THUNDERSTORM DOWNDRAFTS WILL GREATLY INCREASE THE SURFACE WINDS TO THE DAMAGING NATURE. SEVERE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE OCCURING ALONG WITH SOME HAIL NEAR THE THUNDERSTORMS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Columbia, Richmond | 46 min |
| Jun 9, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Columbia, McDuffie | 57 min |
| Jun 9, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly | 47 min |
| Jun 9, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Richmond | 55 min |
| Jun 9, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Turner | 48 min |
| Jun 9, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb | 49 min |
| Jun 9, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston | 46 min |
| Jun 9, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs | 49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.