Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 192, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1991, 6:11 PM EDT for Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 1991, 6:11 PM EDT (22:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1991, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fulton County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1365 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 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 KATL 042210 SVRATL GAC121-042245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 611 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...SOUTHERN FULTON COUNTY AT 610 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF PALMETTO MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. 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 ON THE L4OWEST 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 4, 3:21 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
GAZ003-042100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 320 PM EDT SUN JUN 4 1991 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 315 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN ATLANTA WAS SHOWING A CLUSTER OF STONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM JUST WEST OF ROME..NORTH TO THE GEORGIA TENNESSEE STATE LINE..JUST SOUTH OF CHATTANOOGA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS HAVED PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD STAY ALERT AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF NECESSARY. EVERY YEAR SEVERAL PEOPLE ARE KILLED BY LIGHTNING WHILE OUTDOORS. HEAVY RAIN MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS.
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 3:27 PM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
GAZ003-042100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 320 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 1991 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 315 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN ATLANTA WAS SHOWING A CLUSTER OF STONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM JUST WEST OF ROME..NORTH TO THE GEORGIA TENNESSEE STATE LINE..JUST SOUTH OF CHATTANOOGA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS HAVED PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD STAY ALERT AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF NECESSARY. EVERY YEAR SEVERAL PEOPLE ARE KILLED BY LIGHTNING WHILE OUTDOORS. HEAVY RAIN MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS.
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 4:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
GAZ005-008-ALZ012-042300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 453 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 1991 ...THUNDERSTORMS NUMEROUS IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA... AT 445 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING NUMEROUS SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FORMING FROM WADLEY TO EUFAULA ALABAMA. SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS WERE ALSO FROM SOUTH OF BUENA VISTA TO WARWICK GEORGIA. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. REPORTS OF SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 50 MPH ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN AUBURN ALABAMA. ALSO..SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS IN SOUTH COLUMBUS HAVE BEEN REPORTED. TREE LIMBS ARE DOWN IN SOUTH COLUMBUS AND AUBURN ALSO. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT..FLOODING COULD BECOME A PROBLEM IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS. PEOPLE NEAR THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER FROM THE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG WINDS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER% RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 5:15 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
GAZ002-004-042215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 515 PM EDT MON JUN 3 1991 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED NEAR COMMERCE. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO MADISON COUNTY DURING THE HOUR. ALSO A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED OVER CONYERS. THIS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NEWTON COUNTY. HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. BOTH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUBSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ALERT UNTIL THEY PASS OVER THEIR AREA
Local storm report, Jun 4, 5:18 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
515 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 1991
505 PM EDT ... ROCKDALE COUNTY SHERRIFFS OFFICE REPORTS HAIL THE SIZE
OF QUARTERS IN CONYERS AREA ABOUT 505 PM EDT. REEPORT REALYED TO
NWS BY GEORGIA EMERGENCY MANAGMENT AGENCY.Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:03 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
GAZ001-003-042300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 602 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 1991 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA. AT 555 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THE STRONGEST STORMS LOCATED WEST OF SUMMERVILLE IN CHATTOOGA COUNTY...JUST WEST OF ATLANTA NEAR DOUGLASVILLE...AND EAST OF ATLANTA BETWEEN CONYERS AND COVINGTON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON...THE ROCKDALE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED HAIL ABOUT THE SIZE OF QUARTERS NEAR CONYERS ABOUT 5 PM. PEOPLE AROUND ATLANTA AND THROUGHOUT NORTH0WEST GEORGIA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR DARK THREATENING CLOUDS APPROACHING FROM THE NORTH. DANGEROUS LIGHTING WILL OCCURR WITH THESE STORMS...SO MOVE INSIDE IF YOU HEAR THUNDER.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gordon | 42 min |
| Jun 4, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Paulding | 38 min |
| Jun 4, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett, Rockdale | 44 min |
| Jun 4, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Jones | 61 min |
| Jun 4, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts | 39 min |
| Jun 4, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Monroe | 55 min |
| Jun 4, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pike | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.