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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 127, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 28, 1991Polk County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 1991, 3:36 PM EDT for Polk County, Georgia. It was in force for 69 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 28, 1991, 3:36 PM EDT (19:36 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 1991, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 69 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

County Polk County, GA

The text

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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 28, 1:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 28, 3:10 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA  GA
307 PM EDT SUN APR 28 1991

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 218 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF
WEST GEORGIA UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

A 300 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM
THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF ALABAMA SOUTH TO NEAR ANNISTON ALABAMA TO JUST
NORTHWEST OF MONTGOMERY ALABAMA. THIS LINE CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST AT
ABOUT 3O MILES AN HOUR. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALSO
FORMED DURING THE PAST HOUR IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA IN THE ROME AND
SUMMERVILLE VICINITIES.

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN ALABAMA WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHWEST
GEORGIA DURING THE NEXT HOUR. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...
INTENSE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND HAIL COULD ACCOMPANY SOME OF
THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS LINE.

PERSONS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD CONTINUE TO STAY ALERT TO THE
POSSIBILITY OF THREATENING WEATHERr CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE
TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.

Special weather statement, Apr 28, 3:33 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 27, 8:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Washington	51 min
Apr 27, 9:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Glascock, Washington	47 min
Apr 27, 9:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Warren	47 min
Apr 27, 9:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel	51 min
Apr 27, 9:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Twiggs	34 min
Apr 28, 3:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Floyd, Gordon	58 min
Apr 28, 4:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gilmer, Pickens	43 min
Apr 28, 4:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow	54 min
Apr 28, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cherokee	45 min
Apr 28, 5:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Fayette, Fulton	54 min
Apr 28, 5:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Hall	55 min

Nearby

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Sources

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