Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 1988, 9:45 PM EDT for Lee County, Terrell County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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, 9:45 PM EDT (01:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 1988, 10:18 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lee County, GA, Terrell 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, 10:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Lee, 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
Apalachicola Mun, FL (KAQQ), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 238 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
- 1515 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 779 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 6.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCSG 260146
SVRCSG
GAC177-273-260230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
945 PM EDT MON APR 25 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
...LEE...TERRELL
AT 940 PM EDT COUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
JUST TO THE EAST OF PARROT GEORGIA MOVING NOW TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT
55 MPH. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.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, 5:11 PM EDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 510 PM EDT MON APR 25 1988 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 84 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SEMINOLE...DECATUR... AND GRADY COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. AT 505 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR DOTHAN ALABAMA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SVMALL HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 8:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 23 min |
| Apr 25, 8:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Stewart | 23 min |
| Apr 25, 9:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Sumter, Webster | 47 min |
Nearby
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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.