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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 29, 1991Glascock County, Jefferson County, Washington County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 29, 1991, 12:45 PM EST for Glascock County, Jefferson County, Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 60 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, 12:45 PM EST (17:45 UTC)
Expired
Mar 29, 1991, 1:45 PM EST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Glascock County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Washington County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 29, 1:00 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 0Washington, 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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 1991-03-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 450 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 1991-03-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 293 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KAGS 291746
SVRAGS
GAC125-163-303-291845-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA
1245 PM EST FRI MAR 29 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUGUSTA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  145 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...GLASCOCK COUNTY...JEFFERSON COUNTY...WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
AT 1240 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY NEAR THE CITY OF SANDERSVILLE
GEORGIA MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING
INTO JEFFERSON AND GLASCOCK COUNTIES WITHIN THE HOUR.
 
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 WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
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.

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

Local storm report, Mar 29, 11:29 AM EST, 1 hour 16 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........

                                                                       X
Local storm report, Mar 29, 11:35 AM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
1130 AM EST FRI MAR 29 1991
PRELIMINARY REPORT

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......  NONEg
COSTS.......  UNKNOWN

OTHER INFORMATION:  2 TRACTOR TRAILER TRUCKS BLOWN OVER ON HIGHWAY
80 IN THE LADONIA AREA.
Special weather statement, Mar 29, 11:37 AM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
GAZ001-003-005-291730-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GEORGIA
1135 AM EST FRI MAR 29 1991

...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND
   TROUP COUNTY OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...

AT 1130 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE
AREA OF RAIN WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA.
HOWEVER...THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES HAS
DIMINISHED.

THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA:

DADE        WALKER     CATOOSA   WHITFIELD   MURRAY   FANNIN   GILMER
CHATTOOGA   GORDON     PICKENS   DAWSON      FLOYD    BARTOW   GWINNETT
CHEROKEE    FORSYTH    POLiK      PAULDING    COBB     DEKALB   FULTON
HARALSON    DOUGLAS    CARROLL   SPALDING    FAYETTE  CLAYTON  HENRY
ROCKDALE    COWETA      HEARD

THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR TROUP COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL
GEORGIA.
Local storm report, Mar 29, 11:50 AM EST, 55 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
1150 AM EST FRI MAR 29 1991

COUNTY..... MEIYWETHER
SOURCE..... FIRE DEPARTMANT LUTHERSVILLE
TIME......  1025 AM EST
LOCATION... MANCHESTER
DAMAGE..v... TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN ON POWER LINES.
            TORN OFF SEVERAL BUILDINGS, DOWNED POWER LINES
HAIL....... NONE REPORTED
INJURIES... NOT REPORTED
REMARKS.... N/A
Special weather statement, Mar 29, 12:14 PM EST, 31 minutes before
GAZ001-003-005-291800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GEORGIA
1210 PM EST FRI MAR 29 1991

...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA...

AT 1210 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE
AREA OF RAIN OVER MOST OF NORTH GEORGIA WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS.
ALTHOUGH ISOLATED GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL REMAIN POSSIBLE NEAR
STRONGER THUNDERSHOWERS...THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND
TORNADOES HAS DIMINISHED OVER NORTH GEORGIA. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE
WEATHER REMAINS OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA AHEAD OF A STRONG COLDFRONT
MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE STATE.

THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA.
THESE ADDITIONAL COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM THE TORNADO WATCH:

MERIWETHER     PIKE        UPSON       LAMAR       SPALDING
Special weather statement, Mar 29, 12:24 PM EST, 21 minutes before
GAZ002-004-291830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
1221 PM EST FRI MAR 29 1991

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
FOR...CLARKE...ELBERT...FRANKLIN...HART...MADISON...OCONEE...OGLETHORPAND STEPHENS COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 1220 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN
WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSxTORMS COVERING MOST OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

HOWEVER...THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES HAS
DIMINISHED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 29, 5:48 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Polk42 min
Mar 29, 7:46 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll29 min
Mar 29, 8:29 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb31 min
Mar 29, 8:31 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas29 min
Mar 29, 8:37 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCCobb38 min
Mar 29, 8:46 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton44 min
Mar 29, 9:05 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb40 min
Mar 29, 9:16 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette44 min
Mar 29, 9:24 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett51 min
Mar 29, 9:29 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Fulton46 min
Mar 29, 9:32 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Monroe58 min
Mar 29, 9:39 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Lamar51 min
Mar 29, 9:41 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford64 min
Mar 29, 9:55 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan, Newton, Oconee, Walton65 min
Mar 29, 10:14 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Franklin, Habersham, Jackson, Stephens61 min
Mar 29, 10:14 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow61 min
Mar 29, 10:20 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Troup25 min
Mar 29, 11:01 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCElbert, Franklin, Hart, Madison119 min
Mar 29, 11:01 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe119 min
Mar 29, 11:01 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStephens119 min
Mar 29, 11:12 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCMonroe48 min
Mar 29, 11:32 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Jones58 min
Mar 29, 11:32 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford58 min
Mar 29, 11:50 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Houston, Peach55 min
Mar 29, 12:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs69 min
Mar 29, 12:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston55 min
Mar 29, 12:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkinson55 min
Mar 29, 1:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBurke, Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson33 min
Mar 29, 2:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCUpson36 min
Mar 29, 2:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBurke, Jenkins, Screven35 min
Mar 29, 3:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Crawford, Peach56 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.