Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 13, 1991, 11:37 PM EST for Murray County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 13, 1991, 11:37 PM EST (04:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 14, 1991, 12:15 AM EST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Murray County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 587 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 560 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 718 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 140438 SVRATL GAC213-140515- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 1137 PM EST WED FEB 13 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...NORTHERN MURRAY COUNTY AT 1135 PM EST RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ON THE GEORGIA/TENNESSEE BORDER 15 MILES EAST OF CHATTANOOGA. THIS STORM HAS BEEN PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. THE STORM SHOULD CROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF MURRAY COUNTY NORTH OF CHATSWORTH. IT WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 50 MPH. 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
Special weather statement, Feb 13, 11:08 PM EST, 29 minutes before
GAZ001-002-140600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 1110 PM EST WED FEB 13 1991 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AIMING AT EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA... AT 11 PM EST RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE. SOME OF THE STORMS HAVE BEEN SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. AT 11 PM THE STORMS WERE IN THE CHATTANOOGA AREA MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 50 MPH. AT THIS SPEED THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE CHATSWORTH...ELLIJAY AND BLUE RIDGE AREAS BEFORE MIDNIGHT. RESIDENTS OF MURRAY...FANNIN...AND GILMER COUNTIES...ESPECIALLY THOSE LIVING IN AREAS CLOSE TO THE TENNESSEE BORDER...SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER QUICKLY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 11:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lumpkin, Union | 67 min |
| Feb 13, 11:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin | 32 min |
| Feb 14, 12:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Towns, Union | 55 min |
| Feb 14, 12:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Rabun | 55 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.