Tornado Warning 5, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Mar 29, 1991, 11:12 AM EST (16:12 UTC)

Expired

Mar 29, 1991, 12:00 PM EST

In force

48 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Whole counties

County Monroe County, 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.

000 
TTAA00 KMCN 291612
TORMCN
GAC207-291700-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
1112 AM EST FRI MAR 29 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...MONROE COUNTY
 
AT 1110 AM RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF FORSYTH...MOVING NORTHEAZST AT 50 MPH. PERSONS IN AND AROUND THE
FORSYTH AREAS...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 O(N THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

Tornado Warnings in Georgia, 1991Every tornado warning in 1991Tornadoes in 1991

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.