Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 1991, 4:06 PM EDT for Bartow County, Georgia. It was in force for 54 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 28, 1991, 4:06 PM EDT (20:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 1991, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bartow County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 4:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Bartow, 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 591 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 571 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 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 KATL 282006 SVRATL GAC015-282100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 406 PM EDT SUN APR 28 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...BARTOW COUNTY WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTHEAST OF ROCKMART MOVING INTO SOUTHER BARTOW COUNTY. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL T HE STORM HAS PASSED.
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 34 minutes before
GAZ001-002-003-005-281930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 131 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... AT 125 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED ONLY ISOLATED SHOWERS OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA. HOWEVER A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED IN ALABAMA MOVING TOWARD GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A LINE EXTENDING FROM JUST EAST OF HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA SOUTH THROUGH THE BIRMINGHAM AREA. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF STRONG WINDS AND HAIL IN ALABAMA WITH THESE STORMS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE ACROSS THE BORDER INTO NORTHWEST GEORGIA BETWEEN 3 AND 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER OTHER THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA IN ADVANCE OF THIS LINE. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ALERT T O CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER BE SIGHTED OR A WARNING ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 3:10 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
GAZ001-002-003-005-282115- 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, 33 minutes before
GAZ005-ALZ012-282130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 332 PM EDT SUN APR 28 1991 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 218 REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT FOR MOST OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA... AT 325 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING A LARGE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS ALABAMA. THIS LINE WAS OCCURRING FROM NORTHWEST GEORGIA INTO ALABAMA ACROSS ANNISTON TO JUST WEST OF MONTGOMERY TO CAMDEN MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE MOVING INTO EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA BETWEEN 3 AND 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS COULD FORM IN ADVANSE OF THIS LINE ALSO. PEOPLE IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD THREATNING WEATHER BE SIGHTED OR A WARNING ISSUED. ALSO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
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, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Polk | 69 min |
| Apr 28, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Pickens | 43 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
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1991Every severe thunderstorm 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.