Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 1991, 10:01 PM EST for Meigs County, Rhea County, Tennessee. It was in force for 44 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
- Mar 27, 1991, 10:01 PM EST (03:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 1991, 10:45 PM EST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Meigs County, TN, Rhea County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 10:15 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Rhea, TN | |
| Mar 27, 10:30 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Meigs, TN |
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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1079 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 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 KCHA 280301 SVRCHA TNC121-143-280345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE 1001 PM EST WED MAR 27 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE ...MEIGS COUNTY...RHEA COUNTY AT 1055PM EST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF RHEA COUNTY SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE. RADAR INDICATES HAIL IN THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 1AM EST FOR SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE AND NORTHWEST GEORGIA. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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, Mar 27, 8:51 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
GAZ002-280345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 848 PM EST WED MAR 27 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 78 IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF NORTH GEORGIA UNTIL 2 AM EST THIS MORNING. IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... RABUN...DAWSON AND UNION. AT 945 PM EST RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST TENNESSEE AND NORTHEAST ALABAMA BETWEEN CROSSVILLE TENNESSEE AND HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA. eTHESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTH GEORGIA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVER THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 8:56 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
GAZ002-280345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 848 PM EST WED MAR 27 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 78 IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF NORTH GEORGIA UNTIL 2 AM EST THIS MORNING. IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... RABUN...TOWNS AND UNION. AT 945 PM EST RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST TENNESSEE AND NORTHEAST ALABAMA BETWEEN CROSSVILLE TENNESSEE AND HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTH GEORGIA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVER THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 9:31 PM EST, 30 minutes before
GAZALL-280400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 930 PM EST WED MAR 27 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA UNTIL 2 AM EST... A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR EXTREME NORTHERN SECTIONS OF GEORGIA... INCLUDING ROME...DALTON...ELLIJAY...BLAIRSVILLE...CLAYTON...AND SURROUNDING AREAS. AT 925 PM EST RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EAST TENNESSEE AND NORTH ALABAMA FROM NEAR KNOXVILLE TO NEAR CHATTANOOGA TO NEAR BIRMINGHAM. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 50 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHWEST GEORGIA OVER THE NEXT HOUR. DURING THE EVENING THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND TORNADOES WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS BAND. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ARE URGED TO BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY ABREAST OF LATEST DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR TO REPORTS FROM RADIO OR TELEVISION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 9:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Grundy, Marion, Sequatchie | 45 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.