Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Atlanta, GA
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 1:00 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Washington, 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.
- 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 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........
XLocal 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/ASpecial 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.
| 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 | Jasper, Jones | 58 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, 12:50 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.