Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 146, NWS Atlanta, GA
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.
- 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
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.
| 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, 11:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson | 53 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, 3:25 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.