Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 29, 1991, 3:19 PM EST for Bibb County, Crawford County, Peach County, Georgia. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 29, 1991, 3:19 PM EST (20:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 1991, 4:15 PM EST
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bibb County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Peach County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 292019 SVRMCN GAC021-079-225-292115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 319 PM EST FRI MAR 29 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...BIBB COUNTY...CRAWFORD COUNTY...PEACH COUNTY AT 319 PM RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR MACON TO FT VALLEY...MOVING EAST AT 40 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 WARNING. 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
Local storm report, Mar 29, 2:49 PM EST, 30 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 240 PM EST FRI MAR 29 1991 PRELIMINARY REPORT COUNTY...... MUSCOGEE COUNTY, GEORGIA SOURCE...... 911 AND OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE TIME........ 1PM-1:40PM ESZT LOCATION.... CITY OF COLUMBUS, EASTERN PART DAMAGE......MANY TREE TOPS BROKEN AND BLOWN DOWN, ALSO POWER LINES DOWN IN THE MIDLAND AND UPATOI AREAS. TYPE OF STORM.
Local storm report, Mar 29, 2:52 PM EST, 27 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 240 PM EST FRI MAR 29 1991 PRELIMINARY REPORT COUNTY...... RUSSELL COUNTY, ALABAMA SOURCE...... PHENIX CITY POLICE TIME........ 1PM-1:40PM EST LOCATION.]... PHENIX CITY DAMAGE......TREES CONTINUE TO BE BLOWN DOWN ALONG WITH MANY LIMBS. TYPE OF STORM..SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
Local storm report, Mar 29, 3:09 PM EST, 10 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 3PM EST FRI MAR 29 1991 PRELIMINARY REPORT COUNTY...... RUSSELL COUNTY, ALABAMA SOURCE...... PHENIX CITY POLICE TIME........ 115AM-1150AM EST LOCATION..v.. PHENIX CITY DAMAGE......SIGNS BLOWN DOWN, TREES DOWN AND LARGE TREE LIMBS. TYPE OF STORM..SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
Local storm report, Mar 29, 3:12 PM EST, 7 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 3PM EST FRI MAR 29 1991 PRELIMINARY REPORT COUNTY...... CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY, GEORGIA SOURCE...... LAWSON WEATHER AND FT. BENNING MILITARY PERSONNEL TIME|........ 115AM-1150AM EST LOCATION.... FT. BENNING ARMY POST DAMAGE......TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES AND LARGE TREE LIMBS FALLING FROM THE HIGH WINDS. TYPE OF STORM..SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
Local storm report, Mar 29, 3:14 PM EST, 5 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 3PM EST FRI MAR 29 1991 PRELIMINARY REPORT COUNTY...... HARRIS COUONTY, GEORGIA SOURCE...... COUNTY EMPLOYEES TIME........ 115AM-1150AM EST LOCATION.... HAMILTON DAMAGE......TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES AND LARGE TREE LIMBS FALLING FROM THE HIGH WINDS. TYPE OF STORM..SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
Local storm report, Mar 29, 3:17 PM EST, 2 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 3PM EST FRI MAR 29 1991 PRELIMINARY REPORT COUNTY...... MUSCOGEE COUNTY, GEORGIA SOURCE...... AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS AND GENERAL PUBLIC TIME........ 1115AM-1150AM EST LOCATION.... SOUTHERN PART OF COLUMBUS DAMAGE......TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES AND LARGE TREE LIMBS FALLING FROM THE HIGH WINDS. TYPE OF STORM..SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
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, 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 |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.