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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 3, 1991Houston County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Mar 3, 1991, 11:51 AM EST for Houston County, Georgia. It was in force for 54 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: Mar 3, 1991, 11:51 AM EST (16:51 UTC)
Expired: Mar 3, 1991, 12:45 PM EST
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

County Houston County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 3, 11:55 AM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 0	Houston, 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, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 169 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: NaN m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 183 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 336 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMCN 031651
TORMCN
GAC153-031745-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
1151 AM EST SUN MAR 3 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...HOUSTON COUNTY
 
AT 1048 AM A TORNADO WAS SPOTTED IN SOUTH WARNER ROBINS MOVING EAST.
PEOPLE IN WARNER ROBINS TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
.FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 3, 11:00 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dodge	60 min
Mar 3, 11:49 AM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Houston	32 min
Mar 3, 11:59 AM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Twiggs	46 min
Mar 3, 12:43 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Laurens, Wilkinson	47 min
Mar 3, 1:00 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Richmond	3 hr
Mar 3, 1:08 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Treutlen	37 min
Mar 3, 3:44 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Richmond	2 hr

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Georgia, 1991 Every tornado warning in 1991 Tornadoes 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.