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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 1991, 11:22 AM EDT for Carroll County, Haralson County, Georgia. It was in force for 53 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 29, 1991, 11:22 AM EDT (15:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 1991, 12:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Carroll County, GA, Haralson County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 12:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Carroll, 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, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 466 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 677 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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
Local storm report, Apr 29, 9:16 AM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
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GAC115-129-291500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 954 AM EDT MON APR 29 1991 AT 940 AM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA EXTENDING FROM NEAR CHATSWORTH SOUTHWEST TO NEAR CEDARTOWN. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR THE CALHOUN AREA IN GORDON COUNTY AND IN FLOYD COUNTY NEAR CAVE SPRINGS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST A 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDbERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HIGH WINDS. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS MORNING.
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 10:01 AM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
GAC115-129-291500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 954 AM EDT MON APR 29 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 236 IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. AT 940 AM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA EXTENDING FROM NEAR CHATSWORTH SOUTHWEST TO NEAR CEDARTOWN. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR THE CALHOUN AREA IN GORDON COUNTY AND IN FLOYD COUNTY NEAR CAVE SPRINGS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST A 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HIGH WINDS. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ALERT TO CHANGINGd WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS MORNING.
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 10:30 AM EDT, 52 minutes before
GAZ005-ALZ012-291630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 1032 AM EDT MON APR 29 1991 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER EAST ALABAMA... AT 1029 EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF MONTGOMERY INTO NORTHWEST GEORGIA. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND LIGHTNING. THIS AREA IS UNDER A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 2 PM EDT. PEOPLE IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 10:51 AM EDT, 31 minutes before
GAZ001-003-291600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 1050 AM EDT MON APR 29 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 236 IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. AT 1045 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA EXTENDING FROM NEAR BLUE RIDGE IN FANNIN COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO AROUND BOWDEN IN CARROLL COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR TALLAPOOSA IN HARALSON COUNTY...NEAR ROCKMART IN POLK COUNTY...AND SOUTH OF CALHOUN IN GORDON COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST A 35 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER LARGE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST FROM ALABAMA. THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PROCUDING DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MOVED OVER NORTHEAST ALABAMA. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...FLASH FLOODS...AND GUSTY WINDS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 8:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lincoln | 40 min |
| Apr 28, 9:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 35 min |
| Apr 29, 11:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Paulding | 65 min |
| Apr 29, 12:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Pickens | 69 min |
| Apr 29, 12:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb | 41 min |
| Apr 29, 12:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Douglas, Paulding | 53 min |
| Apr 29, 12:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Heard | 44 min |
| Apr 29, 12:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cobb | 47 min |
| Apr 29, 1:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Lumpkin, Union | 64 min |
| Apr 29, 1:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dawson | 64 min |
| Apr 29, 1:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Douglas | 44 min |
| Apr 29, 1:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Heard | 41 min |
| Apr 29, 1:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 52 min |
| Apr 29, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton | 57 min |
| Apr 29, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 57 min |
| Apr 29, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 57 min |
| Apr 29, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 56 min |
| Apr 29, 2:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Hall, Lumpkin, White | 69 min |
| Apr 29, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 29 min |
| Apr 29, 2:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Troup | 54 min |
| Apr 29, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fulton | 41 min |
| Apr 29, 2:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Banks, Habersham, Hall | 67 min |
| Apr 29, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette | 58 min |
| Apr 29, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Rabun | 57 min |
| Apr 29, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb | 50 min |
| Apr 29, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fayette | 26 min |
| Apr 29, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Elbert, Hart | 45 min |
| Apr 29, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 27 min |
| Apr 29, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 55 min |
| Apr 29, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts | 40 min |
| Apr 29, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan, Oconee, Walton | 63 min |
| Apr 29, 4:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Butts | 61 min |
| Apr 29, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lincoln, Wilkes | 61 min |
| Apr 29, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton | 37 min |
| Apr 29, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Franklin | 47 min |
| Apr 29, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Madison, Oglethorpe | 69 min |
| Apr 29, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lincoln | 42 min |
| Apr 29, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Warren | 69 min |
| Apr 29, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | McDuffie | 69 min |
| Apr 29, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Burke, Jenkins | 41 min |
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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.