Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1991, 7:29 PM EDT for Pike County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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 4, 1991, 7:29 PM EDT (23:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1991, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pike County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 7:40 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Pike, 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 042329 SVRATL GAC231-050000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 729 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...PIKE COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL SOUTH OF GRIFFIN NEAR WILLIAMSON. THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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, 4 hours 2 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, 2 hours 33 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, 2 hours 14 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, 2 hours 11 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, 1 hour 26 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, 1 hour 15 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.
| 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, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fulton | 34 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 |
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.