Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 1991, 12:58 PM EDT for Cobb County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 29, 1991, 12:58 PM EDT (16:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 1991, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cobb County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 1:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Cobb, GA |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 466 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 677 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 291658 TORATL GAC067-291745- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 1258 PM EDT MON APR 29 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...COBB COUNTY RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR AUSTELL GEORGIA AT 1255 PM EDT AND SEVERAL PUBLIC SIGHTINGS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED NEAR AUSTELL. RADAR INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER rIN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 29, 9:58 AM EDT, 3 hours before
GAC115-129-291500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 954 AM EDT MON APR 29 1991 AT 940 AM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA EXTENDING FROM NEAR CHATSWORTH SOUTHWEST TO NEAR CEDARTOWN. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR THE CALHOUN AREA IN GORDON COUNTY AND IN FLOYD COUNTY NEAR CAVE SPRINGS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST A 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDbERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HIGH WINDS. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS MORNING.
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 10:01 AM EDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
GAC115-129-291500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 954 AM EDT MON APR 29 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 236 IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. AT 940 AM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA EXTENDING FROM NEAR CHATSWORTH SOUTHWEST TO NEAR CEDARTOWN. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR THE CALHOUN AREA IN GORDON COUNTY AND IN FLOYD COUNTY NEAR CAVE SPRINGS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST A 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HIGH WINDS. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ALERT TO CHANGINGd WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS MORNING.
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 10:30 AM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
GAZ005-ALZ012-291630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 1032 AM EDT MON APR 29 1991 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER EAST ALABAMA... AT 1029 EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF MONTGOMERY INTO NORTHWEST GEORGIA. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND LIGHTNING. THIS AREA IS UNDER A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 2 PM EDT. PEOPLE IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 10:51 AM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
GAZ001-003-291600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 1050 AM EDT MON APR 29 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 236 IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. AT 1045 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA EXTENDING FROM NEAR BLUE RIDGE IN FANNIN COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO AROUND BOWDEN IN CARROLL COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR TALLAPOOSA IN HARALSON COUNTY...NEAR ROCKMART IN POLK COUNTY...AND SOUTH OF CALHOUN IN GORDON COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST A 35 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER LARGE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST FROM ALABAMA. THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PROCUDING DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MOVED OVER NORTHEAST ALABAMA. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...FLASH FLOODS...AND GUSTY WINDS.
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 12:03 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
GAZ001-003-291700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 1200 PM EDT MON APR 29 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 236 IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR BARTOW...PAULDING...CARROLL AND HARALSON COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA UNTIL 1215 PM EDT.... AT 1155 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL...ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA EXTENDING FROM NEAR FAIRMONT IN GORDON COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO AROUND BOWDEN IN CARROLL COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDER- STORMS WERE NORTH OF CARROLLTON IN CARROLL COUNTY...NEAR DALLAS IN PAULDING COUNTY...AND NEAR CARTERSVILLE IN BARTOW COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST A 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE LARGE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED EAST FROM ALABAMA HAD MERGED WITH THE FIRST LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT WAS ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA EARLIER. IN ALABAMA THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. AT 1155 AM EDT THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER GEORGIA WERE INTENSIFYING. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...FLASH FLOODS...AND GUSTY WINDS.
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 12:07 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
GAZ005-ALZ012-291815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 1209 PM EDT MON APR 29 1991 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO EAST ALABAMA... AT 1205 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM HEARD COUNTY TO CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM 25 MILES WEST OF MONTGOMERY TO RANDOLPH COUNTY IN ALABAMA. THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS ARE OCCURRING IN A TORNADO WATCH AREA SO RESIDENTS OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 8:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lincoln | 40 min |
| Apr 28, 9:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 35 min |
| Apr 29, 11:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Paulding | 65 min |
| Apr 29, 11:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson | 53 min |
| Apr 29, 12:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Pickens | 69 min |
| Apr 29, 12:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb | 41 min |
| Apr 29, 12:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Douglas, Paulding | 53 min |
| Apr 29, 12:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Heard | 44 min |
| Apr 29, 1:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Lumpkin, Union | 64 min |
| Apr 29, 1:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dawson | 64 min |
| Apr 29, 1:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Douglas | 44 min |
| Apr 29, 1:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Heard | 41 min |
| Apr 29, 1:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 52 min |
| Apr 29, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton | 57 min |
| Apr 29, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 57 min |
| Apr 29, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 57 min |
| Apr 29, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 56 min |
| Apr 29, 2:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Hall, Lumpkin, White | 69 min |
| Apr 29, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 29 min |
| Apr 29, 2:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Troup | 54 min |
| Apr 29, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fulton | 41 min |
| Apr 29, 2:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Banks, Habersham, Hall | 67 min |
| Apr 29, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette | 58 min |
| Apr 29, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Rabun | 57 min |
| Apr 29, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb | 50 min |
| Apr 29, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fayette | 26 min |
| Apr 29, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Elbert, Hart | 45 min |
| Apr 29, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 27 min |
| Apr 29, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 55 min |
| Apr 29, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts | 40 min |
| Apr 29, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan, Oconee, Walton | 63 min |
| Apr 29, 4:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Butts | 61 min |
| Apr 29, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lincoln, Wilkes | 61 min |
| Apr 29, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton | 37 min |
| Apr 29, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Franklin | 47 min |
| Apr 29, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Madison, Oglethorpe | 69 min |
| Apr 29, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lincoln | 42 min |
| Apr 29, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Warren | 69 min |
| Apr 29, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | McDuffie | 69 min |
| Apr 29, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Burke, Jenkins | 41 min |
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.