Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 1991, 4:53 PM EDT for Newton County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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, 4:53 PM EDT (20:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 1991, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Newton County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 5:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Newton, 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAHN 292055 SVRAHN GAC217-292130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 453 PM EDT MON APR 29 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...NEWTON COUNTY AT 450 PM EDT THE ATHENS RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NEWTON COUNTY. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PERSONS IN ADJOINING COUNTIES SHOULD ALSO BE ALERT FOR THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERYb HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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, 3:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 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, 1 hour 29 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, 1 hour 19 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.
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 4:20 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-291300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 420 PM EDT MON APR 29 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 238 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM EDT FOR CRAWFORD..MONROE..JONES..PUTNAM AND JASPER COUNTIES... AT 415 PM WEATHER RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM FORSYTH GEORGIA NORTH TO NEAR CONYERS GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO JASPER COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS..SMALL HAIL..LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS MOVE INDOORS TO A SAFE PLACE UNTIL THEY PASS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THIS WEATHER EVENT.
Local storm report, Apr 29, 4:29 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 425 PM EDT MON APR 29 1991 COUNTY........BARROW SOURCE........WINDER P.D. TIME..........APPROX 423 PM EDT LOCATION......NEAR BETHLEHEM TYPE :STORM....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL..........PENNY SIZE DAMAGE........NONE INJURIES......NONE
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 4:29 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
GAZ001-003-292200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 428 PM EDT MON APR 29 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 236 NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH AND WEST GEORGIA... ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 238 IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF NORTHEAST AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 9 PM EDT... AT 420 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED EAST OUT OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA. ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS WERE OCCURRING NEAR THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND WEST GEORGIA...THE THREAT OF TORNADO DEVELOPMENT HAD ALREADY DIMINISHED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA... DADE WHITFIELD GORDON FANNIN PAULDING DOUGLAS POLK WALKER MURRAY PICKENS CARROLL CHEROKEE CHATTOOGA CATOOSA FLOYD BARTOW HARALSON COBB GILMER A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS OVER MUCH OF NORTHEAST AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. ALTHOUGH THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE NAMED COUNTIES...INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY STILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING...HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS. PEOPLE OVER NORTH AND WEST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN AL;ERT TO WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER SHOULD A STORM DEVELOP.
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, 3:18 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, 4:58 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 |
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.