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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 1991, 7:27 PM EDT for Butts County, Henry County, Spalding County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 min. 2 reports 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 27, 1991, 7:27 PM EDT (23:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 1991, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Butts County, GA, Henry County, GA, Spalding County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 7:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Henry, GA | |
| Apr 27, 7:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Spalding, 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 103 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 548 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 272329 TORATL GAC035-151-255-280015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 727 PM EDT SAT APR 27 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...BUTTS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY...EASTERN SPALDING COUNTY AT 7:23 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRIFFIN GEORGIA MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. 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 SHELUTER 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson | 69 min |
| Apr 27, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Polk | 69 min |
| Apr 27, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett, Henry, Rockdale | 87 min |
| Apr 27, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 87 min |
| Apr 27, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton | 87 min |
| Apr 27, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Walton | 58 min |
| Apr 27, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton | 58 min |
| Apr 27, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Treutlen | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Oconee | 61 min |
| Apr 27, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oglethorpe | 61 min |
| Apr 27, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar | 28 min |
| Apr 27, 7:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Monroe | 55 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.