Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1988, 7:26 PM EDT for Bibb County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 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
- Jun 9, 1988, 7:26 PM EDT (23:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1988, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bibb 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 7:40 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | 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
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 KMCN 092327
SVRMCN
GAC021-100015-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
726 PM EDT THU JUN 9 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
...BIBB
AT 725 PM WEATHER RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
MACON GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. 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.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, 5:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 500 PM EDT JUNE 9 1988 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 10 PM EDT... AT 450 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA JUST EAST OF SOCIAL CIRCLE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT NEAR 35 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN SOUTHERN WALTON AND MORGAN COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THE NEXT HOUR AS THIS STROM MOVE THROUGH. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY SURFACE WINDS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 5:02 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 502 PM EDT THU JUNE 9 1988 ...THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 211 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM... WEATHER RADAR LOCATED IN COLUMBUS GA WAS TRACKING A FEW VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM AROUND LANETT AL. TO NEAR HURTSBORO AL. ALSO THERE WAS THUNDERSTOM ACTIVITY LOCATED FROM THOMASTON GA. TO BUENA VISTA GA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO NOTED IN THE GEORGETOWN TO CUTHBERT GA. AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS YOU MAY EXPERIENCE...HAIL...LIGHTNING GUSTY WINDS AND TOAD STRANGLING RAINS. PLEASE REMAIN ALERT DURNING THE FEW HOURS FOR FAST CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST IN STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 5:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 545 PM EDT THU JUN 9 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT... AT 540 PM EDT MACON RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST 35 MILES AN HOUR THROUGH JASPER..PUTNAM..AND BALDWIN COUNTIES JUST EAST OF THE TOWN OF MONTICELLO AND ANOTHER JUST WEST OF EATONTON AND NORTH AND WEST OF MILLEDGEVILLE. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE FREQUENT LIGHTNING..STRONG GUSGTY WIND AND HAIL. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN COULD QUICKLY FLOOD LOW AREAS OF URBAN STREETS. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD WATCH OUT FOR RAPID CHANGES IN THE WEATHER AND GET READY TO MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE PLACE.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 6:30 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 625 PM EDT THU JUN 9 1988 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING NORTHWEST GEORGIA COUNTIES...CARROLL...DOUGLAS...FULTON...AND DEKALB. THERE COULD BE ANOTHER THUNDERSHOWER IN THIS AREA THIS EVENING...BUT THE STRONGER STORMS HAVE MOVED ON TO THE SOUTH AND EAST. THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS THE AREA TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF ATLANTA UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING. AT 625 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THE STRONGEST STORMS SCATTERED ACROSS THE NORTH-CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE FROM THE LAGRANGE AREA EAST TO AUGUSTA. PEOPLE ACROSS A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL GEORGIA AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF ALAB}AMA AND SOUTH CAROLINA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS EVENING. THIS INCLUDES SEVERAL COUNTIES IN THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF METRO ATLANTA INCLUDING COWETA... FAYETTE...CLAYTON...HENRY...SPALDING...AND ROCKDALE.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 6:56 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 702 PM EDT THU JUN 9 1988 ...THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 211 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM... AT 659 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR IN COLUMBUS INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM COLUMBUS TO TALBOTTAN GEORGIA. ALSO NUMEROUS STORMS . WERE FROM NEWTON GEORGIA NORTHEAST...THROUGH THE ALBANY AREA...TO WARWICK AND CORDELE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS YOU MAY EXPERIENCE HAIL... INTENSE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS. PLEASE REMAIN ALERT DURNING THE FEW HOURS FOR FAST CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 7:19 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 718 PM EDT THU JUN 9 1988 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING NORTHWEST GEORGIA COUNTIES...TROUP...HEARD...COWETA...FAYETTE...CLAYTON ...AND ROCKDALE. THE STRONGER STORMS HAVE MOVED TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE ATLANTA METRO AREA. THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS THE AREA WELL TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF ATLANTA UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING. AT 715 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNERSTORM ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH OF ATLANTA JUST NORTH OF GRIFFIN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH TOWARD BUTTS COUNTY AND THE JACKSON LAKE AREA. THE MAIN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OCCURRING FARTHER SOUTH ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF GEORGIA BETWEEN COLUMBUS AND AUGUSTA. PEOPLE ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF ALABAMA AND SOUTH CAROLINA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS EVENING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | McDuffie | 52 min |
| 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, 7:44 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.