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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 10, 1991Lincoln County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 1991, 1:01 AM EDT for Lincoln County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 10, 1991, 1:01 AM EDT (05:01 UTC)
Expired: Apr 10, 1991, 1:45 AM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

County Lincoln County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 80 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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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, Apr 9, 10:11 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 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 hours 3 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, 2 hours 1 minute 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.

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Local storm report, Apr 10, 12:40 AM EDT, 21 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON, GA
1240 AM EDT WED APR 10 1991

 ...PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ONLY...REPORTS MAY BE INCOMPLETE...

COUNTY..... CRAWFORD FIRS 079
SOURCE..... SHERIFFS OFFICE IN ROBERTA
TIME....... 1026 PM EDT 4/9/91
LOCATION... NUMEROUS PLACES IN SOUTH AND EAST PARTS OF COUNTY
TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
HAIL....... MARBLE SIZE
DAMAGE..... TREES REPORTED ACROSS SIX DIFFERENT HIGHWAYS AND ROADS.
            MOBILE HOME TURNED OVER ON HOUSE RD IN SOUTH END OF COUNTY.
TREES...... NUMEROUS TREES DOWN

COUNTY..... BIBB FIRS 021
SOURCE..... MACON POLICE DEPT.
TIME....... AROUND 1100 PM EDT 4/9/91
LOCATION... SOUTHSIDE OF MACON ON ROCKY CREEK ROAD AND MIDTOWN AREA
TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
HAIL....... GOLF BALL SIZE SOUTH END OF TOWN
DAMAGE..... UNKNOWN
TREES...... TREES DOWN ON BROADWAY STREET NEAR MIDDLE OF MACON

COUNTY..... BALDWIN FIRS 009
SOURCE..... SHERIFF OFFICE MILLEDGEVILLE
TIME......  1130 PM EDT 4/9/91
LOCATION... MT PLEASANT RD AND ROSEWOOD DRIVE IN MILLEDGEVILLE
TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
HAIL....... PEA AND MARBLE SIZE
DAMAGE..... TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES.

COUNTY..... WILKINSON FIRS 319
SOURCE..... SHERIFF OFFICE IRWINTON
TIME......  1130 PM EDT 4/9/91
LOCATION... TOWNS OF IRWINTON, MCINTYRE, AND IVEY
TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
HAIL....... PEA SIZE
DAMAGE..... TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
TREES...... NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES DOWN STILL COMING IN.\

Special weather statement, Apr 10, 12:53 AM EDT, 8 minutes before

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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	Barrow, Oconee, Walton	60 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

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1991 Every 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.