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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 29, 19914 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 29, 1991, 1:42 PM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 29, 1991, 1:42 PM EST (18:42 UTC)
Expired
Mar 29, 1991, 2:15 PM EST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Burke County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 151 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

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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, 12:14 PM EST, 1 hour 28 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, 1 hour 18 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.
Local storm report, Mar 29, 1:15 PM EST, 27 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
115 PM EST FRI MAR 29 1991
PRELIMINARY REPORT

COUNTY......  SOUTHERN HARRIS COUNTY, GEORGIA
SOURCE......  HARIS COUNTY EMA
TIME........  7:45-8:15AM EST
LOCATION....  CATAULA AND ELLESLIE IN SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY.
TYPE STORM..  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DAMAGE/TREES...  LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN EVERYWHERE! SOME TREES DOWN .
INJURIES....  NONE
Local storm report, Mar 29, 1:28 PM EST, 14 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
115 PM EST FRI MAR 29 1991
PRELIMINARY REPORT

COUNTY......  NORTHERN MUSCOGEE COUNTY, GEORGIA
SOURCE......  COLUMBUS 911, AMATEUR RADIO, AND GENERAL PUBLIC
TIME........  7:40-8AM
LOCATION....  DOUBLE CHURCHES SUBDIVISION, GREEN ISLAND HILLS
TYPE STORM..  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DAMAGE/TREES...  TREES DOWNED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE NORTHERN PART
OF CITY.....  ALSO POWER LINES DOWNED.  NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ,  ALONG
GRAY ROCK ROAD IN NORTHERN PART OF THE CITY ALSO.
Local storm report, Mar 29, 1:34 PM EST, 8 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
115 PM EST FRI MAR 29 1991
PRELIMINARY REPORT

COUNTY...... HARRIS COUNTY, GEORGIA
SOURCE...... LAW ENFORCEMENT AND HARRIS COUNTY EMA
TIME........ 8:35-9:20AM EST
LOCATION.... ALL ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY, ELLERSLIE AND HAMILTON
TYPE STORM..  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
DAMAGE......TREES AND LARGE LIMBS  BLOWN DOWN FROM HIGH WINDS.
RADIO TOWER AT CITY HALL IN HAMILTON BLOWN DOWN. TREES DOWN ON THE
CITY HA6LL GOVERNMENT BLDG. IN HAMILTON.  EXTENSIVE POWER OUTAGES
ACROSS THE COUNTY.
Local storm report, Mar 29, 1:39 PM EST, 3 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
130 PM EST FRI MAR 29 1991
PRELIMINARY REPORT

COUNTY...... TALBOT COUNTY, GEORGIA
SOURCE...... LAW ENFORCEMENT AND GENERAL PUBLIC
TIME........ 8:35-9:30A;M EST
LOCATION.... JUST WEST OF TALBOTTON, THE COUNTY SEAT, AS WELL AS
AS WIDESPREAD OVER ENTIRE COUNTY.
DAMAGE......MANY TREES AND LARGE LIMBS  BLOWN DOWN FROM HIGH WINDS.
NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES IN THE COUNTY DUE TO DOWNED POWER LINES.

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, 12:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Jefferson, Washington60 min
Mar 29, 12:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston55 min
Mar 29, 12:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkinson55 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
Mar 29, 2:05 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCAiken, Edgefield25 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.