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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 29, 1991Fayette County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 1991, 3:34 PM EDT for Fayette County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 29, 1991, 3:34 PM EDT (19:34 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 1991, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Fayette County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 126 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

Local storm report, Apr 29, 3:09 PM EDT, 25 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, 24 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
Local storm report, Apr 29, 3:19 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
320 PM EDT MON APR 29 1991

COUNTY...... FULTON COUNTY GEORGIA
SOURCE...... SKYWARN SPOTTER
TIME........ 313 PM EDT
LOCATION.... COLLEGE PARK ABOUT 2E MILES INSIDE I-285
TYPE STORM.. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
HAIL........ NICKLE-SIZED
DAMAGE...... NONE
Local storm report, Apr 29, 3:21 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
321 PM EDT MON APR 29 1991

COUNTY...... COBB COUNTY GEORGIA
SOURCE...... COBB COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
TIME........ 130 PM EDT
LOCATION...I. AROUND SMYRNA
TYPE STORM.. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
HAIL........ NONE
DAMAGE...... SCATTERED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES DOWN
Local storm report, Apr 29, 3:24 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
324 PM EDT MON APR 29 1991

COUNTY...... PAULDING COUNTY GEORGIA
SOURCE...... COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT
TIME........ 1238 PM EDT
LOCATION.... NEAR DANLLAS
TYPE STORM.. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
HAIL........ DIME-SIZED
DAMAGE...... NONE REPORTED
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 3:34 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
GAZ005-ALZ012-292145-

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

AT 335 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL
ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OCCURRING
OVER AUBURN AND OPELIKA ALABAMA. THE AREA OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH.

THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...LIGHTNING...AND
SMALL HAIL. THIS ACTIVITY IS OCCURRING IN A dTORNADO WATCH AREA SO
PEOPLE IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN
ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER. STAY TUNED 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.

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, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCRabun57 min
Apr 29, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb50 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.