Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 1991, 3:51 PM EDT for Coweta County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 19, 1991, 3:51 PM EDT (19:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 1991, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Coweta County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 803 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 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 191950 SVRATL GAC077-192030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 351 PM EDT FRI APR 19 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...COWETA COUNTY RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSATORM 5 MILES WEST OF GRANTVILLE GEORGIA AT 345 PM EDT. THE GRANTVILLE POLICE RECEIVED A REPORT FROM THE PUBLIC OF GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL NEAR HOGANSVILLE GEORGIA AT 348 PM EDT. 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, Apr 19, 11:49 AM EDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before
GAZ003-005-191700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 1145 AM EDT FRI APR 19 1991 AT 1145 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN ATLANTA WAS SHOWING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED FROM NEAR LAKE HIWASSE IN NORTH CAROLINA SOUTH TO NEAR DALTON. SOME OF THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO FANNIN AND GILMER COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PASS JUST NORTH OF THE CITY OF ELLIJAY AND INTO THE NOTTELY LAKE AREA OF GILMER AND FANNIN COUNTIES. PEOPLE IN THESE NORTH GEORGIA COUNTIES CAN EXPECT BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SOME SMALL HAIL A+S THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA.
Local storm report, Apr 19, 12:49 PM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 1249 PM EDT FRI APR 19 1991 THE FANNIN COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED B-B SIZE HAIL MIXED IN RAIN AT BLUE RIDGE AT 1243 PM. AT 1230 PM, A DEPUTY REPORTED HAIL OF UNSPECIFIED SIZE IN A STORM IN NORTH GILMER COUNTY.
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 1:13 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
GAZ002-191915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 112 PM EDT FRI APR 19 1991 ...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO NORTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 110 PM EDT THE ATHENS RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR BLAIRSVILLE IN UNION COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE RAMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS OF THIS INTENSITY OFTEN PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS... DEADLY LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...YOU SHOULD SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
Local storm report, Apr 19, 2:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 250 PM EDT FRI APR 19 1991 COUNTY........HALL SOURCE........HALL COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE TIME..........242 PM EDT FRI APR 19 1991 LOCATION......\NORTHEAST OF GAINESVILLE TYPE STORM....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL..........NONE YET DAMAGE........TREES DOWN ONTO POWER LINES INJURIES......NONE
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 3:10 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
GAZ004-192115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 309 PM EDT FRI APR 19 1991 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 9 PM EDT FOR THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES OF BANKS...BARROW...CLARKE...ELBERT... FRANKLIN...GREENE...HALL...HART...JACKSON...MADISON...MOGRAN... NEWTON...OCONEE...OGLETHORPE...STEPHENS...TALIFERRO...WALTON AND WILDES... AT 305 PM EDT THE ATHENS RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA WITH THE STRONGEST STORM IN THE GAINESVILLE VICINITY. THEY WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS THROUGHOUT THE AREA SHOULD KEEP ALERT TO APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE INDOORS RAPIDLY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PAST. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO...T.V. STATIONS FOR LATER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 3:16 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
GAZ004-192115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 309 PM EDT FRI APR 19 1991 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 9 PM EDT FOR THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES OF BANKS...BARROW...CLARKE...ELBERT... FRANKLIN...GREENE...HALL...HART...JACKSON...MADISON...MORGAN... NEWTON...OCONEE...OGLETHORPE...STEPHENS...TALIFERRO...WALTON AND WILKES... AT 305 PM EDT THE ATHENS RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA WITH THE STRONGEST STORM IN THE GAINESVILLE VICINITY. THEY WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS THROUGHOUT THE AREA SHOULD KEEP ALERT TO APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE INDOORS RAPIDLY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PAST. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO...T.V. STATIONS FOR LATER UPDATES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 12:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer | 27 min |
| Apr 19, 1:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 38 min |
| Apr 19, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 65 min |
| Apr 19, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Paulding | 42 min |
| Apr 19, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Madison | 59 min |
| Apr 19, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard | 40 min |
| Apr 19, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Polk | 27 min |
| Apr 19, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 30 min |
| Apr 19, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Henry | 68 min |
| Apr 19, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan, Newton | 64 min |
| Apr 19, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 32 min |
| Apr 19, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs | 57 min |
| Apr 19, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 38 min |
| Apr 19, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Columbia, Richmond | 65 min |
| Apr 19, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan, Newton, Walton | 63 min |
| Apr 19, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Burke | 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.