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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 1, 1991Clarke County, Madison County, Oglethorpe County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 1, 1991, 6:56 PM EST for Clarke County, Madison County, Oglethorpe County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 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
Mar 1, 1991, 6:56 PM EST (23:56 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 1991, 7:39 PM EST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clarke County, GA, Madison County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 1, 7:00 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 0Clarke, GA
Mar 1, 7:00 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 0Madison, GA
Mar 1, 7:10 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 0Oglethorpe, 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 9 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 1991-03-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1991-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 137 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
NaN m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
198 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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, Mar 1, 5:34 PM EST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
535 PM EST FRI MAR 1 1991

WARNING.... NONE
COUNTY..... FAYETTE
SOURCE..... PEACHTREE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT
TIME......  AROUND 515 PM EST
LOCATION... NORTHEAST PEACHTREE CITY
DAMAGE..... TREES BLOWN DOWN.
HAIL....... NONE REPORTED
INJURIES... NONE
REMARKS.... NONE
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 6:32 PM EST, 24 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 1, 6:40 PM EST, 16 minutes before
GAZ003-020030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA  GA
638 PM EST FRI MAR 1 1991

THE SEVERE TUNDERSTORM WARNINGS ISSUED EARLIER THIS EVENING FOR
SEVERAL COUNTIES JUST SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF ATLANTA HAVE
EXPIRED. PRELIMINARY REPORTS SHOW THAT THERE WAS SOME TREE DAMAGE
IN COWETA, TROUP, AND FAYETTE COUNTIES AS THE STRONG THUDERSTORMS
MOVED THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

THE STRONGEST STORMS HAVE NOW MOVED TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST
OF THE ATLANTA METRO AREA.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES
IN MACON AND ATHENS ARE NOW TRACKING THESE STORMS.

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 18 FOR WEST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST.  TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 19 WHICH COVERS
A LARGE PART OF NORTH...MIDDLE...AND SOUTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA
CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH...NUMBER 20...IS NOW BEING ISSUED.
THIS WATCH COVERS EXTREME SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA
NEAR THE FLORIDA BORDER.
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 6:43 PM EST, 13 minutes before
GAZ003-020030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION..WATCH #20 IS A TORNADO WATCH...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA  GA
638 PM EST FRI MAR 1 1991

THE SEVERE TUNDERSTORM WARNINGS ISSUED EARLIER THIS EVENING FOR
SEVERAL COUNTIES JUST SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF ATLANTA HAVE
EXPIRED. PRELIMINARY REPORTS SHOW THAT THERE WAS SOME TREE DAMAGE
IN COWETA, TROUP, AND FAYETTE COUNTIES AS THE STRONG THUDERSTORMS
MOVED THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

THE STRONGEST STORMS HAVE NOW MOVED TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST
OF THE ATLANTA METRO AREA.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES
IN MACON AND ATHENS ARE NOW TRACKING THESE STORMS.

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 18 FOR WEST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST.  TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 19 WHICH COVERS
A LARGE PART OF NORTH...MIDDLE...AND SOUTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA
CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM.
ANOTHER TORNADO WATCH...NUMBER 20...IS NOW BEING ISSUED.
THIS WATCH COVERS EXTREME SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENT"RAL GEORGIA
NEAR THE FLORIDA BORDER.
Local storm report, Mar 1, 6:44 PM EST, 12 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
645 PM EST FRI MAR 1 1991

WARNING.... NONE
COUNTY..... CLAYTON
SOURCE..... PUBLIC
TIME......  AROUND 540 PM EST
LOCATION... ON TAYLOR ROAD IN CLAYT%ON COUNTY
DAMAGE..... NONE REPORTED
HAIL....... MARBLE SIZE.
INJURIES... NONE
REMARKS.... NONE
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 6:56 PM EST, 0 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-020100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
653 PM EST FRI MAR 1 1991

...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 10 PM FOR MUCH OF GEORGIA INCLUDING
ALL OF THE CENTRAL COUNTIES...

AT 645 PM RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL
GEORGIA FROM NORTH OF MONTICELLO IN JASPER COUNTY SOUTHWARD TO JUST
WEST OF MACON AND FURTHER SOUTH TO MONTEZUMA IN MACON COUNTY.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

BECAUSE OF THE FAST MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND OTHER RADAR
INDICATIONS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS
AS THEY CONTINUE MOVING NORTHEAST. HEAVY RAINS ARE ALSO LIKELY.

SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPMENT IS STILL POSSIBLE 7IN THE WATCH AREA...
THEREFORE CONTINUE TO MONITOR LOCAL BROADCASTS FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 4:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Troup48 min
Mar 1, 4:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta51 min
Mar 1, 5:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry, Spalding47 min
Mar 1, 5:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCRockdale33 min
Mar 1, 5:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton, Walton67 min
Mar 1, 6:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMonroe37 min

Nearby

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.