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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 3, 1991Twiggs County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Mar 3, 1991, 11:59 AM EST for Twiggs County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 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, 11:59 AM EST (16:59 UTC)
Expired
Mar 3, 1991, 12:45 PM EST
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Twiggs County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 3, 12:30 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 0Twiggs, 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 143 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 1991-03-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1991-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 183 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMCN 031659
TORMCN
GAC289-031745-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
1159 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
 
   ...TWIGGS COUNTY
 
AT 1200 RADAR SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH A POSIBLE TORNADO
MOVING INTO TWIGGS COUNTY SOUTH OF JEFFERSONVILLE. TREES WERE
BLOWN DOWN IN WARNER ROBINS AS IT MOVED THROUGH.
 
 
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
FLOORC 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 11:00 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge60 min
Mar 3, 11:49 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCHouston32 min
Mar 3, 11:51 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCHouston54 min
Mar 3, 12:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens, Wilkinson47 min
Mar 3, 1:00 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCRichmond3 hr
Mar 3, 1:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTreutlen37 min
Mar 3, 3:44 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCRichmond2 hr

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.