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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 146, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 29, 1991Rabun County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 1991, 3:18 PM EDT for Rabun County, Georgia. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 29, 1991, 3:18 PM EDT (19:18 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 1991, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Rabun County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 104 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1991-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 466 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1991-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 191 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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 29, 1:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
GAZ002-004-291915-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
106 PM EDT MON APR 29 1991

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH
NUMBER 238 FOR PARTS OF NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA EFFECTIVE THIS
MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL 900 PM EDT.

THIS INCLUDES ALL COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AxND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 1:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
GAZ005-ALZ012-291945-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
147 PM EDT MON APR 29 1991

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

AT 143 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTO
MOVING INTO CHAMBERS...LEE...AND RUSSELL COUNTIES IN ALABAMA AT 25
MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE ENTERING WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA WITHIN AN
HOUR.

THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND LIGHTNING.
THIS ACTIVITY IS OCCURRING IN A TORNADO WATCH AREA SO PEOPLE IN EAST
CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 2:22 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-291300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
225 PM EDT MON APR 29 1991

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 238 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM EDT FOR
   CRAWFORD..MONROE..JONES..PUTNAM AND JASPER COUNTIES...

AT 215 PM WEATHER RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
FROM LAGRANGE GEORGIA NORTHEAST TO ATLANTA TO GAINESVILLE GEORGIA.
THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN TROUP COUNTY WEST AND
NORTH OF LAGRANGE AND WEST OF LAWERENCEVILLE GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS..HAIL..INTENSE LIGHTNING AND VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY CONTINUE
TO MOVE ACROSS GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

PERSONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT
AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE WHEN THESE STORMS APPROACH
YOUR AREA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THIS WEATHER EVENT.
Local storm report, Apr 29, 2:48 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON, GA
245 PM EDT MON APR 29 1991

 ...DELAYED STORM REPORT FOR 4/27/91...

COUNTY..... TREUTLEN FIRS 283
SOURCE..... CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTOR
TIME....... 4 P M EDT 4/27/91
LOCATION... ZAIDEE IN EAST PART OF COUNTY
TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
HAIL....... NONE REPORTED.
DAMAGE..... 3 MOBILE HOMES DESTROYED...2 OTHERS DAMAGED...FENCE
            BLOWN DOWN.
INJURIES... NONE REPORTED.
Local storm report, Apr 29, 3:09 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
305 PM EDT MON APR 29 1991

COUNTY........HALL

SOURCE........GEORGIA STATE PARTROL

TIME..........APPROX 242 PM EDT

LOCATION......JUST NORTH OF L8ULA

TYPE STORM....TORNADO

HAIL..........NONE

DAMAGE........UNK AT THIS TIME

INJURIES......NONE
Local storm report, Apr 29, 3:10 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
305 PM EDT MON APR 29 1991

COUNTY........HALL

SOURCE........GEORGIA STATE PATROL IN HALL COUNTY

TIME..........APPROX 242 PM EDT

LOCATION...9...JUST NORTH OF LULA

TYPE STORM....TORNADO

HAIL..........NONE

DAMAGE........UNK AT THIS TIME

INJURIES......NONE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 8:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston44 min
Apr 28, 8:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLincoln40 min
Apr 28, 9:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel35 min
Apr 29, 11:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Paulding65 min
Apr 29, 11:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Haralson53 min
Apr 29, 12:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Pickens69 min
Apr 29, 12:19 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCherokee, Cobb41 min
Apr 29, 12:22 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCDouglas, Paulding53 min
Apr 29, 12:31 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCarroll, Heard44 min
Apr 29, 12:58 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCobb47 min
Apr 29, 1:11 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCLumpkin, Union64 min
Apr 29, 1:11 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCDawson64 min
Apr 29, 1:16 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCDouglas44 min
Apr 29, 1:19 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCHeard41 min
Apr 29, 1:23 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCherokee52 min
Apr 29, 1:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb, Fulton57 min
Apr 29, 1:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette57 min
Apr 29, 1:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth57 min
Apr 29, 2:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard, Troup56 min
Apr 29, 2:21 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCHall, Lumpkin, White69 min
Apr 29, 2:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett29 min
Apr 29, 2:36 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCTroup54 min
Apr 29, 2:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fulton41 min
Apr 29, 2:53 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCBanks, Habersham, Hall67 min
Apr 29, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Fayette58 min
Apr 29, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb50 min
Apr 29, 3:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFayette26 min
Apr 29, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCElbert, Hart45 min
Apr 29, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett27 min
Apr 29, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Jackson55 min
Apr 29, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts40 min
Apr 29, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan, Oconee, Walton63 min
Apr 29, 4:29 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCButts61 min
Apr 29, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLincoln, Wilkes61 min
Apr 29, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton37 min
Apr 29, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFranklin47 min
Apr 29, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Madison, Oglethorpe69 min
Apr 29, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLincoln42 min
Apr 29, 7:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Warren69 min
Apr 29, 7:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMcDuffie69 min
Apr 29, 7:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBurke, Jenkins41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.