Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 29, 1991, 12:50 PM EST for Wilkinson County, Georgia. It was in force for 55 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, 12:50 PM EST (17:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 1991, 1:45 PM EST
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wilkinson County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 1:15 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Wilkinson, 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 128 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
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 21 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 15 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 13 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, 1 hour 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, 36 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, 26 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, 12:45 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, 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 |
| Mar 29, 2:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Aiken, Edgefield | 25 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.