Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 1991, 11:00 PM EDT for Barrow County, Oconee County, Walton County, Georgia. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 9, 1991, 11:00 PM EDT (03:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 1991, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Barrow County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Walton County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 32 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
- 1678 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 959 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAHN 100301 SVRAHN GAC013-139-219-297-100400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1100 PM EDT TUE APR 9 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...BARROW COUNTY...HALL COUNTY...OCONEE COUNTY...WALTON COUNTY RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM WINDER SOUTH TO JUST EAST COVINGTON GEORGIA. ALSO A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES WEST OF GAINESVILLE GEORGIA. MOVEMENT EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL. IF YOU ARE CAUGHrT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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, Apr 9, 9:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-100300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 950 PM EDT TUE APR 9 1991 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST TOWARD CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 945 PM RADAR IN MACON SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN MACON AND COLUMBUS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM SOUTH OF ATLANTA TO NEAR TALBOTTON TO RICHLAND THEN CURVED EAST TO NEAR AMERICUS AND MONTEZUMA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS... HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED TO UPDATE YOU ON THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS EVENING. BROADCASTS ON THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO MAY BE YOU QUICKEST SOURCE OF INFORMATION IF RECEPTION IS AVAILABLE IN YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED FOR LATER BROADCASTS.
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 9:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-100300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION 2ND PARA...10 PM TO MIDNIGHT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 950 PM EDT TUE APR 9 1991 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST TOWARD CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 945 PM RADAR IN MACON SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN MACON AND COLUMBUS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM SOUTH OF ATLANTA TO NEAR TALBOTTON TO RICHLAND THEN CURVED EAST TO NEAR AMERICUS AND MONTEZUMA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA BETWEEN 10 PM AND MIDNIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS... HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED TO UPDATE YOU ON THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS EVENING. BROADCASTS ON THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO MAY BE YOU QUICKEST SOURCE OF INFORMATION IF RECEPTION IS AVAILABLE IN YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED FOR LATER BROADCASTS.
Local storm report, Apr 9, 10:02 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 1000 PM EDT TUE APR 9 1991 AT 950 PM A SPOTTER 2 MILES NORTH OF BALL GROUND IN CHEROKEE COUNTY REPORTED PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY LIGHTNING.
Local storm report, Apr 9, 10:11 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 1010 PM EDT TUE APR 9 1991 AT 945 PM THE DISPATCHER FOR HARALSON COUNTY SAID THEY WERE HAVING HIGH WINDS BUT NO DAMAGE IN HARALSON COUNTY. HOWEVER...T'HERE WERE TREES REPORTED AS BEING DOWN NEAR FRUTHURST IN CLEBURNE COUNTY IN ALABAMA.
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 10:58 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
GAZ005-006-100400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 1058 PM EDT TUE APR 9 1991 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TAYLOR AND MACON COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED AT 1055 PM EDT. THE STORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THESE COUNTIES. ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 111 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR HARRIS..MUSCOGEE..CHATTAHOOTCHEE AND TALBOT COUNTIES OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 1050 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALL ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF ALL THIS RAIN...OCCURRING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREY TO NEAR MACON AND INTO NORTHERN HOUSTON COUNTY. THERE WAS A SCATTERING OF THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN UNADILLA AND AlMERICUS. ALL THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 11:00 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
GAZ005-006-100400- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA CORRECTION TO HEADING 1058 PM EDT TUE APR 9 1991 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TAYLOR AND MACON COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED AT 1055 PM EDT. THE STORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THESE COUNTIES. ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 111 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR HARRIS..MUSCOGEE..CHATTAHOOTCHEE AND TALBOT COUNTIES OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 1050 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALL ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF ALL THIS RAIN...OCCURRING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREY TO NEAR MACON AND INTO NORTHERN HOUSTON COUNTY. THERE WAS A SCATTERING OF THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN UNADILLA AND AMERICUS. ALL THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. o
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 8:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 39 min |
| Apr 9, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan | 63 min |
| Apr 9, 8:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Rockdale | 40 min |
| Apr 9, 8:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 63 min |
| Apr 9, 10:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford | 46 min |
| Apr 9, 10:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 30 min |
| Apr 9, 10:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton | 69 min |
| Apr 9, 10:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb | 66 min |
| Apr 9, 11:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 60 min |
| Apr 9, 11:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Wilkinson | 69 min |
| Apr 9, 11:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock, Washington | 40 min |
| Apr 10, 12:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Warren | 48 min |
| Apr 10, 12:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Columbia, Richmond | 42 min |
| Apr 10, 1:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lincoln | 44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.