Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1991, 7:40 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Treutlen County, Wheeler County, Georgia. It was in force for 65 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, 7:40 PM EDT (23:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 1991, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Montgomery County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Wheeler County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 7:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Treutlen, GA | |
| May 5, 8:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Wheeler, GA | |
| May 5, 8:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Montgomery, 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCN 052341 SVRMCN GAC209-309-283-060045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 740 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...MONTGOMERY COUNTY...WHEELER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...TREUTLEN COUNTY AT 740 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADARS LOCATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER LAURENS AND DODGE COUNTIES OF CENTRAL GEORGIA NEAR DUBLIN AND EASTMAN. THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 50 MPH. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WIND DAMGE ARE BEING RECEIVED AT THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MACN. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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, 7:18 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
715 PM SUN MAY 5 1991
COUNTY...... MUSCOGEE
SOURCE...... TV9 AND WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE
TIME........ 500-530 PM EDT
LOCATION.... SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
TYPE STORM.. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
DAMAGE/TREES...NUMEROUS LARGE TREES AND LIMBS DOWN...ALSO POWER LINES
DOWN. TREES ACROSS HOMES AND CARS ESPECIALLY IN NORTH
COLUMBUS AROUND GREEN ISLAND AND MURRY HILLS. OTNE
BIG TREE ACROSS ARMOUR ROAD AND MOST TRAFFIC LIGHTS
TERMINATED.Special weather statement, May 5, 7:21 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
GAZ005-006-008-011-012-ALZ012-060030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 721 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 1991 ...THE TORNADO WATCHES ARE NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...MUSCOGEE...HARRIS...TALBOT... TAYLOR...CHATTAHOOCHEE...MARION...SCHLEY...MACON...STEWART AND WEBSTER. IN ADDITION...THE WATCHES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED FOR THESE EAST ALABAMA COUNTIES...CHAMBERS...LEE...RUSSELL AND BARBOUR. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST AND SOUTH... AND TORNADO WATCH 291 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MANY AREAS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT. AT 720 PM EDT...COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE LINE OF STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR MACON GEORGIA SOUTH TO NEAR CORDELE...ALBANY...NEWTON AND COLQUITT. MOVEMENT IN CENTRAL GEORGIA WAS STILL AROUND 45 TO 50 MPH...BUT THE STORMS IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA WERE MOVING MUCH SLOWER...ABOUT 25 MPH. PEOPLE OUT AXHEAD OF THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THE STORMS...SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
Local storm report, May 5, 7:25 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
725 PM SUN MAY 5 1991
COUNTY...... HARRIS
SOURCE...... COUNTY SHERIFF
TIME........ 500-530 PM EDT
LOCATION.... SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
TYPE STORM.. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
DAMAGE/TREES...NUMEROUS LARGE TREES AND LIMBS DOWN...ALSO POWER LINES
DOWN. TREES BLOCKING ROADS. NO MAJOR ROADS BLOCKED
AT THIS TIME. MOSTLY ACCESS ROADS. SEVERAL WRECKS
CAUSYED BY SEVERE WEATHER.Local storm report, May 5, 7:30 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 735 PM SUN MAY 5 1991 COUNTY...... CHATTAHOOCHEE SOURCE...... CUSSETA POLICE TIME........ 500-530 PM EDT LOCATION.... SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. TfYPE STORM.. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. DAMAGE/TREES...SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN.
Special weather statement, May 5, 7:35 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
GAZ002-004-060130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 734 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 1991 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR ALL COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR GREENE...MORGAN... AND TALIAFERRO COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. AT 730 PM EDT A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ACROSS NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL GEORGIA FROM JUST NORTH OF ATHENS SOUTH THROUGH MADISON THEN CONTINUED SOUTH INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD BE THROUGH MOST OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. PEOPLE THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD BE ALERT FOsR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS ...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...DEADLY FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL.
Local storm report, May 5, 7:40 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
740 PM SUN MAY 5 1991
COUNTY...... SCHLEY
SOURCE...... COUNTY SHERIFF
TIME........ 545-600 PM EDT
LOCATION.... SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
TYPE STORM.. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
DAMAGE/TREES...TWO LARGE TREES DOWN. ONE ACROSS 19N AND
THE OTHER ACROSS EBEENEZER ROAD. POWER OUT ACROSS
THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY.The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan, Newton, Walton | 55 min |
| 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 |
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.