Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1991
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Mar 1, 1991, 7:41 PM EST for Bibb County, Houston County, Georgia. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 1, 1991, 7:41 PM EST (00:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 1991, 8:45 PM EST
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bibb County, GA, Houston County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 709 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 538 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 737 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 020043 FFWMCN GAC021-153-020145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 741 PM EST FRI MAR 1 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...BIBB COUNTY...HOUSTON COUNTY AT 735 PM THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED FROM NEAR MILLEDGEVILLE TO SOUTH OF MACON NEAR PERRY. VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE REPORTED WITH STREET FLOODING LIKELY IN MACON AND WARNER ROBINS. AT THE MACON AIRPORT NEARLY AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST 30 MINUTES. PEOPLE LIVING IN LOW AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING IN THE PAST SHOULD ALSO BE ALERT AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF RISING WATER IS OBSERVED. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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, Mar 1, 6:40 PM EST, 1 hour 1 minute before
GAZ003-020030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 638 PM EST FRI MAR 1 1991 THE SEVERE TUNDERSTORM WARNINGS ISSUED EARLIER THIS EVENING FOR SEVERAL COUNTIES JUST SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF ATLANTA HAVE EXPIRED. PRELIMINARY REPORTS SHOW THAT THERE WAS SOME TREE DAMAGE IN COWETA, TROUP, AND FAYETTE COUNTIES AS THE STRONG THUDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST STORMS HAVE NOW MOVED TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THE ATLANTA METRO AREA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES IN MACON AND ATHENS ARE NOW TRACKING THESE STORMS. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 18 FOR WEST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 19 WHICH COVERS A LARGE PART OF NORTH...MIDDLE...AND SOUTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH...NUMBER 20...IS NOW BEING ISSUED. THIS WATCH COVERS EXTREME SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA NEAR THE FLORIDA BORDER.
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 6:43 PM EST, 58 minutes before
GAZ003-020030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION..WATCH #20 IS A TORNADO WATCH... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 638 PM EST FRI MAR 1 1991 THE SEVERE TUNDERSTORM WARNINGS ISSUED EARLIER THIS EVENING FOR SEVERAL COUNTIES JUST SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF ATLANTA HAVE EXPIRED. PRELIMINARY REPORTS SHOW THAT THERE WAS SOME TREE DAMAGE IN COWETA, TROUP, AND FAYETTE COUNTIES AS THE STRONG THUDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST STORMS HAVE NOW MOVED TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THE ATLANTA METRO AREA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES IN MACON AND ATHENS ARE NOW TRACKING THESE STORMS. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 18 FOR WEST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 19 WHICH COVERS A LARGE PART OF NORTH...MIDDLE...AND SOUTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM. ANOTHER TORNADO WATCH...NUMBER 20...IS NOW BEING ISSUED. THIS WATCH COVERS EXTREME SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENT"RAL GEORGIA NEAR THE FLORIDA BORDER.
Local storm report, Mar 1, 6:44 PM EST, 57 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 645 PM EST FRI MAR 1 1991 WARNING.... NONE COUNTY..... CLAYTON SOURCE..... PUBLIC TIME...... AROUND 540 PM EST LOCATION... ON TAYLOR ROAD IN CLAYT%ON COUNTY DAMAGE..... NONE REPORTED HAIL....... MARBLE SIZE. INJURIES... NONE REMARKS.... NONE
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 6:56 PM EST, 45 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-020100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 653 PM EST FRI MAR 1 1991 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 10 PM FOR MUCH OF GEORGIA INCLUDING ALL OF THE CENTRAL COUNTIES... AT 645 PM RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL GEORGIA FROM NORTH OF MONTICELLO IN JASPER COUNTY SOUTHWARD TO JUST WEST OF MACON AND FURTHER SOUTH TO MONTEZUMA IN MACON COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. BECAUSE OF THE FAST MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND OTHER RADAR INDICATIONS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY CONTINUE MOVING NORTHEAST. HEAVY RAINS ARE ALSO LIKELY. SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPMENT IS STILL POSSIBLE 7IN THE WATCH AREA... THEREFORE CONTINUE TO MONITOR LOCAL BROADCASTS FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 7:18 PM EST, 23 minutes before
GAZ003-GAZ005-020115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 717 PM EST FRI MAR 1 1991 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 19 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN THE AREA FROM ATLANTA SOUTH TO THOMASTON. THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...COBB...FULTON...GWINNETT ...DEKALB...CLAYTON...ROCKDALE...HENRY...FAYETTE...SPALDING...BUTTS ...LAMAR...AND UPSON. A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS MAY CONTINUE IN THE AREUA THIS EVENING...BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. THE BAND OF STRONG TO OCCASIONALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS NOW MOVED TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THESE COUNTIES ...AND THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT IN THE AREA FROM ATHENS SOUTH TOWARD MACON.
Local storm report, Mar 1, 7:25 PM EST, 16 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
725 PM EST FRI MAR 1 1991
COUNTY........ OCONEE
SOURCE........OCONEE COUNTY E.M.A.
TIME..........APPROX 655 PM EST
LOCATION......BETWeEEN WATKINSVILLE AND BOGART GEORGIA
TYPE STORM....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
HAIL..........NONE
DAMAGE........TREES DOWN BETWEEN WATKINSVILLE AND BOGART...POWER
OUT IN WATKINSVILLE
INJURIES......NONE AT THIS TIMEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 7:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Elbert, Hart | 50 min |
| Mar 1, 7:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro | 50 min |
| Mar 1, 8:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lincoln, Wilkes | 64 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Georgia, 1991Every flash flood warning in 1991
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.