Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1991, 3:20 PM EDT for Morgan County, Newton County, Walton County, Georgia. It was in force for 55 min. 3 reports 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
- May 5, 1991, 3:20 PM EDT (19:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 1991, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Morgan County, GA, Newton County, GA, Walton County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 3:47 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Morgan, GA | |
| May 5, 4:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Walton, GA | |
| May 5, 4:25 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 560 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, May 5, 11:55 AM EDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT REF THUNDERSTORM MAY 4TH... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON, GA 1155 AM EDT SUN MAY 5 1991 ...PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ONLY...REPORTS MAY BE INCOMPLETE... COUNTY..... LAURENS FIRS 175 SOURCE..... RADIO STATION/PUBLIC REPORTS/OFF DUTY DEPUTY SHERIFF TIME....... 530 PM 5/4/91 LOCATION... EAST DUBLIN, GEORGIA AND RENTZ GEORGIA TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIDTH...... N/A LENGTH..... N/A HAIL....... DIME SIZE IN EAST GEORGIA AND LARGE (UNSPECIFIED) IN RENTZ DAMAGE..... NONE REPORTED INJURIES... NONE REPORTED COST....... UNKNOWN
Special weather statement, May 5, 3:02 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
GAZ004-052000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 301 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 1991 AT 300 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NEWTON AND MORGAN COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN NEWTON...MORGAN...GREENE...AND OCONEE COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette | 52 min |
| May 5, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Douglas | 52 min |
| May 5, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Coweta, Fulton | 48 min |
| May 5, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette | 47 min |
| May 5, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Peach | 39 min |
| May 5, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Monroe | 45 min |
| May 5, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Pulaski | 42 min |
| May 5, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones, Twiggs | 42 min |
| May 5, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley | 41 min |
| May 5, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Wilkinson | 60 min |
| May 5, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Wilcox | 60 min |
| May 5, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens | 60 min |
| May 5, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler | 65 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.