Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 1988
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at May 10, 1988, 7:26 PM EDT for Colquitt County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 1988, 7:26 PM EDT (23:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 1988, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Colquitt 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
Apalachicola Mun, FL (KAQQ), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1152 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 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 KCSG 102326
TORCSG
GAC071-110000-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
726 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
...COLQUITT
AT 720 PM EDT THE PUBLIC REPORTED TWO FUNNEL CLOUDS JUST WEST OF
MOULTRIE NEAR FUNSTON GEORGIA IN COLQUITT COUNTY.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS..x.
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 10, 3:42 PM EDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
341 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 1988
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT FOR
PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND NORTH FLORIDA. THE COUNTIES
EFFECTED IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA ARE DECATUR...GRADY...SEMINOLE AND
THOMAS. THE COUNTIES EFFECTED IN THE NORTH FLORIDA ARE CALHOUN
...GADSDEN...JACKSON AND LIBERTY.
AT 330 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED NO SIGNIFICANT SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS
OVER SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND NORTH FLORIDA.
EVEN THOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER IS BEING CURRENTLY DETECTED THE THREAT
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS.
[ ]Special weather statement, May 10, 5:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 520 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 1988 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND NORTH FLORIDA. THE COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA ARE DECATUR...GRADY...SEMINOLE AND THOMAS THE COUNTIES IN NORTH FLORIDA ARE CALHOUN...GADSDEN...JACKSON... AND LIBERTY. AT 520 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXTEDNING FROM JUST NORTHEAST OF CRESTVIEW FL TO NEAR COTTONWOOD AL THEN TO BAINBRIDGE GA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD STAY TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL TV STATION FOUR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 10, 6:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 605 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 1988 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND NORTH FLORIDA. THE COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA ARE DECATUR...GRADY...SEMINOLE AND THOMAS. THE COUNTIES IN NORTH FLORIDA ARE CALHOUN...GADSDEN...JACKSON... AND LIBERTY. AT 605 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXTEDNING FROM JUST NORTHEAST OF CRESTVIEW FL TO NEAR COTTONDALE FL TO JUST SOUTH OF DONALDSONVILLE GA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITnIONS AND TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IF NECESARY. STAY TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL TV STATIONS FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 10, 7:05 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
TTAASP KTLH 102305 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 705 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 1988 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND NORTH FLORIDA. THE COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA ARE DECATUR...GRADY...SEMINOLE AND THOMAS. THE COUNTIES IN NORTH FLORIDA ARE CALHOUN...GADSDEN...JACKSON... AND LIBERTY. AT 705 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM NEAR CRESTVIEW FL TO NEAR DOTHAN AL TO JUST NORTHWEST OF MOULTRIE GA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IF NECESSARY. STAY TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL TV STATIONS FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Dougherty | 54 min |
| May 10, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Tift | 53 min |
| May 10, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Mitchell | 45 min |
| May 10, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt | 39 min |
| May 10, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Grady, Thomas | 64 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.