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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 193, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 4, 1991Jasper County, Jones County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1991, 6:14 PM EDT for Jasper County, Jones County, Georgia. It was in force for 61 min. 2 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
Jun 4, 1991, 6:14 PM EDT (22:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1991, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jasper County, GA, Jones County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 4, 7:02 PM EDTHail 0.75Jasper, GA
Jun 4, 7:10 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Jones, 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 1991-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 100 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1991-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -56 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 3:27 PM EDT, 2 hours 47 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 18 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, 59 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, 56 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, 11 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.
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:14 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
GAZ002-004-042315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
615 PM EDT MON JUN 3 1991

AT 610 PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED JUST SOUTH OF CORNELIA
MOVING TO THE SOUTH T 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO BANKS...
FRANKLIN AND MADISON COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. HAIL HAS BEEN
REPORTED IN THE CORNELIA AREA WITH THIS STORM.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER CLARKE COUNTY. THESE STORM
WILL BE MOVING INTO OCONEE AND OGLETHORPE  COUNTIES.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF VERY
HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND
SMALL HAIL.

PERSONS IN  THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ALERT UNTIL
THEY 6PASS OVER THEIR AREA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGordon42 min
Jun 4, 4:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPaulding38 min
Jun 4, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett, Rockdale44 min
Jun 4, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton34 min
Jun 4, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts39 min
Jun 4, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Monroe55 min
Jun 4, 7:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPike31 min
Jun 4, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMcMinn35 min
Jun 4, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBradley47 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.