Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Mar 29, 1991, 5:48 AM EST (10:48 UTC)

Expired

Mar 29, 1991, 6:30 AM EST

In force

42 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Floyd County, GA, Polk County, 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.

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TTAA00 KATL 291058 RRA
SVRATL
GAC115-233-291130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA  GA
548 AM EST FRI MAR 29 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA  HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...FLOYD COUNTY...POLK COUNTY
 
RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN ALABAMA NORTHEAST OF ANNISTON
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS WILL BRING THE THUNDERSTORM
ACROSS POLK COUNTY NEAR CEDARTOWN AND ACROSS FLOYD COUNTY NEAR CAVE
SPRINGS WITHIN THE NEXT 30 TO 45 MINUTES. THIS THUNDERSTORM CONTAINS
DAMAGING WINDS ALONG WITH HAIL
 
 
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 LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1991Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1991

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.