Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1991, 12:13 PM EDT for Crisp County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 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
- Jun 1, 1991, 12:13 PM EDT (16:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1991, 1:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crisp County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 12:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Crisp, 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, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 1271 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1301 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 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 011613 SVRMCN GAC081-011700- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 1213 PM EDT SAT JUN 1 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...CRISP COUNTY AT 1210 PM RADAR IN MACON SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR CORDELE HAD GROWN STRONGER AND HAD INDICATIONS OF LARGE HAIL WITHIN THESE STORMS. STRONG DAMAGING WINDS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM O!N 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
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 8:53 AM EDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
GAZ008-009-011400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 853 AM EDT SAT JUN 1 1991 ...SLOWING MOVING THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN... AT 845 AM RADAR IN MACON SHOWED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS FROM CORDELE EAST TO FITZGERALD AND DOUGLAS. THEY WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN... STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 5 MPH. BECAUSE OF THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MINOR STREET FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED. LIGHTNING SAFETY RULES SHOULD ALSO BE FOLLOWED. ALTHOUGH WET...OUTDOOR EVENTS SUCH AS GRADUATION MAY BE ABLE TO RESUME AFTER 10 AM IF THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE MOVING SOUTH AT THEIR PRESENT SPEED.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 10:58 AM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-011600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 1058 AM EDT SAT JUN 1 1991 AT 1045 AM RADAR IN MACON SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING IN CENTRAL GEORGIA SOUTH OF MACON BETWEEN CORDELE AND VIENNA EASTWARD TO NEAR FITZGERALD. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 5 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM NORTH OF CORDELE IN CRISP COUNTY WAS THE STRONGEST AND WAS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL...ALONG WITH BRIEF MINOR FLOODING OF ROADS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 4:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 11:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson | 39 min |
| Jun 1, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair | 42 min |
| Jun 1, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Screven | 31 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.