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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 29, 1991Butts County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 1991, 4:29 PM EDT for Butts County, Georgia. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 29, 1991, 4:29 PM EDT (20:29 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 1991, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Butts County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 95 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°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 KATL 292030
TORATL
GAC035-292100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA  GA
429 PM EDT MON APR 29 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA  HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNI

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

Local storm report, Apr 29, 3:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
321 PM EDT MON APR 29 1991

COUNTY...... COBB COUNTY GEORGIA
SOURCE...... COBB COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
TIME........ 130 PM EDT
LOCATION...I. AROUND SMYRNA
TYPE STORM.. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
HAIL........ NONE
DAMAGE...... SCATTERED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES DOWN
Local storm report, Apr 29, 3:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
324 PM EDT MON APR 29 1991

COUNTY...... PAULDING COUNTY GEORGIA
SOURCE...... COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT
TIME........ 1238 PM EDT
LOCATION.... NEAR DANLLAS
TYPE STORM.. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
HAIL........ DIME-SIZED
DAMAGE...... NONE REPORTED
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 3:34 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
GAZ005-ALZ012-292145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
336 PM EDT MON APR 29 1991

AT 335 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL
ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OCCURRING
OVER AUBURN AND OPELIKA ALABAMA. THE AREA OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH.

THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...LIGHTNING...AND
SMALL HAIL. THIS ACTIVITY IS OCCURRING IN A dTORNADO WATCH AREA SO
PEOPLE IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN
ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER
STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 4:20 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-291300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
420 PM EDT MON APR 29 1991

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 238 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM EDT FOR
   CRAWFORD..MONROE..JONES..PUTNAM AND JASPER COUNTIES...

AT 415 PM WEATHER RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
FROM FORSYTH GEORGIA NORTH TO NEAR CONYERS GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO JASPER COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT
HALF HOUR.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS..SMALL HAIL..LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS MOVE INDOORS TO A SAFE
PLACE UNTIL THEY PASS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THIS WEATHER EVENT.
Local storm report, Apr 29, 4:29 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
425 PM EDT MON APR 29 1991

COUNTY........BARROW

SOURCE........WINDER P.D.

TIME..........APPROX 423 PM EDT

LOCATION......NEAR BETHLEHEM

TYPE :STORM....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM

HAIL..........PENNY SIZE

DAMAGE........NONE

INJURIES......NONE
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 4:29 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
GAZ001-003-292200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA  GA
428 PM EDT MON APR 29 1991

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 236 NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH AND
WEST GEORGIA...
...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 238 IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF NORTHEAST
AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 9 PM EDT...

AT 420 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STRONGER
THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED EAST OUT OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA. ALTHOUGH HEAVY
RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS WERE OCCURRING NEAR THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER
NORTH AND WEST GEORGIA...THE THREAT OF TORNADO DEVELOPMENT HAD ALREADY
DIMINISHED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:

IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA...

  DADE      WHITFIELD   GORDON    FANNIN    PAULDING   DOUGLAS     POLK
  WALKER    MURRAY      PICKENS   CARROLL   CHEROKEE   CHATTOOGA
   CATOOSA   FLOYD       BARTOW      HARALSON     COBB      GILMER

A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS OVER MUCH OF NORTHEAST
AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. ALTHOUGH THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED
FOR THE NAMED COUNTIES...INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY STILL PRODUCE FLASH
FLOODING...HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS. PEOPLE OVER
NORTH AND WEST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN AL;ERT TO WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE
PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER SHOULD A STORM DEVELOP.

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, 1:11 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCDawson64 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, 4:44 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

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.