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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 29, 1991Dawson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 1991, 1:11 PM EDT for Dawson County, Georgia. It was in force for 64 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, 1:11 PM EDT (17:11 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 1991, 2:15 PM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Dawson County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 29, 1:30 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Dawson, 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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 97 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1991-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 466 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1991-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 191 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KAHN 291712
TORAHN
GAC187-291-085-291815-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
111 PM EDT MON APR 29 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...LUMPKIN COUNTY...UNION COUNTY
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...DAWSON COUNTY
 
AT 110 PM EDT THE ATHENS RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST
NORTH OF DAWSONVILLE IN DAWSON COUNTY AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN AND NEAR DAHLONEGA SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW.
 
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 IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 8:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston44 min
Apr 28, 8:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLincoln40 min
Apr 28, 9:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel35 min
Apr 29, 11:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Paulding65 min
Apr 29, 11:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Haralson53 min
Apr 29, 12:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Pickens69 min
Apr 29, 12:19 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCherokee, Cobb41 min
Apr 29, 12:22 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCDouglas, Paulding53 min
Apr 29, 12:31 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCarroll, Heard44 min
Apr 29, 12:58 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCobb47 min
Apr 29, 1:11 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCLumpkin, Union64 min
Apr 29, 1:16 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCDouglas44 min
Apr 29, 1:19 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCHeard41 min
Apr 29, 1:23 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCherokee52 min
Apr 29, 1:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb, Fulton57 min
Apr 29, 1:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette57 min
Apr 29, 1:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth57 min
Apr 29, 2:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard, Troup56 min
Apr 29, 2:21 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCHall, Lumpkin, White69 min
Apr 29, 2:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett29 min
Apr 29, 2:36 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCTroup54 min
Apr 29, 2:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fulton41 min
Apr 29, 2:53 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCBanks, Habersham, Hall67 min
Apr 29, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Fayette58 min
Apr 29, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCRabun57 min
Apr 29, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb50 min
Apr 29, 3:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFayette26 min
Apr 29, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCElbert, Hart45 min
Apr 29, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett27 min
Apr 29, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Jackson55 min
Apr 29, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts40 min
Apr 29, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan, Oconee, Walton63 min
Apr 29, 4:29 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCButts61 min
Apr 29, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLincoln, Wilkes61 min
Apr 29, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton37 min
Apr 29, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFranklin47 min
Apr 29, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Madison, Oglethorpe69 min
Apr 29, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLincoln42 min
Apr 29, 7:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Warren69 min
Apr 29, 7:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMcDuffie69 min
Apr 29, 7:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBurke, Jenkins41 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.