Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 29, 1991, 11:32 AM EST for Jasper County, Jones County, Georgia. It was in force for 58 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
- Mar 29, 1991, 11:32 AM EST (16:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 1991, 12:30 PM EST
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jasper County, GA, Jones County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 12:15 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Jones, 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, 4.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 450 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 625 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 293 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 356 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCN 291632 SVRMCN GAC079-169-159-291730- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 1132 AM EST FRI MAR 29 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...CRAWFORD COUNTY...JONES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...JASPER COUNTY AT 1130 AM RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR FORSYTH TO ROBERTA MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARN\ING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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 29, 7:29 AM EST, 4 hours 3 minutes before
GAZ001-003-005-291330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GEORGIA 730 AM EST FRI MAR 29 1991 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST FOR MOST OF NORTH GEORGIA... AT 725 AM EST AN AREA OF RAIN WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST OF NORTH GEORGIA FROM NORTH OF A LINE FROM CLAYTON TO CEDARTOWN. HOWEVER A STRONGER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN ALABAMA JUST WEST OF CEDARTOWN MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS REMAINS A DANGEROUS SITUATION AS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OR TORNADOES COULD DEVELOP VERY QUICKLY. RESIDENTS OF NORTH GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE WEATHER AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER INDOORS IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Local storm report, Mar 29, 7:31 AM EST, 4 hours 1 minute before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 730 AM EST FRI MAR 29 1991 WARNING.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM COUNTY..... FLOYD SOURCE..... PUBLIC REPORT TO FLOYD COUNTY 911 TIME...... BETWEEN 6 AND 630 AM LOCATION... NEAR THE TOWN OF SILVER CREEK DAMAGE..... TREES DOWN ACROSS ROADWAY HAIL....... NONE REPORTED INJURIES... NOT REPORTED REMARKS.... NONE WARNING.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM COUNTY..... POLK SOURCE..... VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT. TIME....... BETWEEN 6 AND 630 AM LOCATION... TOWN OF ESOM HILL DAMAGE..... NUMEROUS POWER AND PHONE LINES DOWN HAIL....... NONE REPORTED INJURIES... NOT REPORTED REMARKS.... NONE
Special weather statement, Mar 29, 8:08 AM EST, 3 hours 24 minutes before
GAZ006-291515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 809 AM EST FRI MAR 29 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST FOR MOST OF NORTH GEORGIA INCLUDING MONROE...JASPER...AND PUTNAM COUNTIES... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR MOST OF NORTH GEORGIA. AT 8 AM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED ONLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN MOVING INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA. HOWEVER...POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST GEORGIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 50 MPH. THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY IS FORECASTING AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO A^CTIVITY FOR MOST OF GEORGIA TODAY. PERSONS IN THE THREATENED AREA...INCLUDING ALL OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...ARE URGED TO REVIEW SAFETY RULES AND LISTEN TO RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Mar 29, 9:02 AM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
901 AM EST FRI MAR 29 1991
WARNING.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
COUNTY..... DOUGLAS
SOURCE..... DOUGLAS COUNTY EMA
TIME...... 825-830 AM EST
LOCATION... DOUGLASVILLE, ESPECIALLY NEAR HIGHWAY 92
BUT GENERALLY ENTIRE COUNTY
DAMAGE..... NUMEROUS VEHICLES OVERTURNED, ROOFS BLOWN OFF HOUSES
DOWNED POWER LINES, HOUSES INVOLVED IN FIRES
HAIL....... NONE REPORTED
INJURIES... NOT 0REPORTED
REMARKS.... ENTIRE DOUGLAS COUNTY EMERGENCY UNITS HAVE DEPLOYEDLocal storm report, Mar 29, 10:35 AM EST, 57 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
1034 AM EST FRI MAR 29 1991
COUNTY..... TROUP
SOURCE..... TROUP COUNTY EMA RELAY FROM LAGRANGE POLICE DEPARTMENT
TIME...... 941 AM EST
LOCATION... MOODY BRIDGE ROAD IN LAGRANGE
DAMAGE..... CHIMNEYS TORN OFF SEVERAL HOMES, NUMEROUS TREES DOWN, SIDING
TORN OFF SEVERAL BUILDINGS, DOWNED POWER LINES
HAIL....... NONE REPORTED
INJURIES... NOT REPORTED
REMARKS.... POSSIBLE TORNADOLocal storm report, Mar 29, 11:29 AM EST, 3 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
1130 AM EST FRI MAR 29 1991
COUNTY...... RUSSELL, AL
SOURCE...... NWS EMPLOYEE AND LADONIA FIRE DEPT.
TIME........ ESTIMATED NEAR 7*35 AM EST
LOCATION.... LADONIA COMMUNITY, APPROX. 3 MILES WEST OF PHENIX CITY.
TYPE STORM.. TORNADO
DAMAGE/TREES... 10 HOMES BADLY DAMAGED, 10 MOBILE HOMES BLOWN AWAY.
INJURIES.... 10 HOSPITALIZED, 1 IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
DEATHS...... NONE
COSTS....... UNKNOWN
INJURIES.... [
DEATHS......
COST........
XThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 5:48 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 42 min |
| Mar 29, 7:46 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 29 min |
| Mar 29, 8:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb | 31 min |
| Mar 29, 8:31 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Douglas | 29 min |
| Mar 29, 8:37 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cobb | 38 min |
| Mar 29, 8:46 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fulton | 44 min |
| Mar 29, 9:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 40 min |
| Mar 29, 9:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 44 min |
| Mar 29, 9:24 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 51 min |
| Mar 29, 9:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fulton | 46 min |
| Mar 29, 9:32 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Monroe | 58 min |
| Mar 29, 9:39 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Lamar | 51 min |
| Mar 29, 9:41 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford | 64 min |
| Mar 29, 9:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Walton | 65 min |
| Mar 29, 10:14 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Franklin, Habersham, Jackson, Stephens | 61 min |
| Mar 29, 10:14 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow | 61 min |
| Mar 29, 10:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 25 min |
| Mar 29, 11:01 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Elbert, Franklin, Hart, Madison | 119 min |
| Mar 29, 11:01 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 119 min |
| Mar 29, 11:01 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stephens | 119 min |
| Mar 29, 11:12 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Monroe | 48 min |
| Mar 29, 11:32 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford | 58 min |
| Mar 29, 11:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Peach | 55 min |
| Mar 29, 12:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs | 69 min |
| Mar 29, 12:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Washington | 60 min |
| Mar 29, 12:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston | 55 min |
| Mar 29, 12:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkinson | 55 min |
| Mar 29, 1:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Burke, Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson | 33 min |
| Mar 29, 2:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Upson | 36 min |
| Mar 29, 2:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Burke, Jenkins, Screven | 35 min |
| Mar 29, 3:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Peach | 56 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.