Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 29, 1991, 10:05 AM CST for Russell County, Alabama; Chattahoochee County, Muscogee County, Georgia. It was in force for 55 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
- Mar 29, 1991, 10:05 AM CST (16:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 1991, 11:00 AM CST
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Russell County, AL, Chattahoochee County, GA, Muscogee County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 10:15 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Chattahoochee, GA | |
| Mar 29, 10:30 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Russell, AL |
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
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 567 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 267 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 528 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCSG 291607 SVRCSG ALC113-GAC053-145-215-291700- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 1105 AM EST FRI MAR 29 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA ...RUSSELL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY...HARRIS COUNTY...MUSCOGEE COUNTY BASED ON RADAR REPORTS AND PD REPORTS OF WEATHER RELATED DAMAGE. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. RE!MAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 8:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Russell | 68 min |
| Mar 29, 9:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Russell | 61 min |
| Mar 29, 11:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Russell | 56 min |
| Mar 29, 6:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Harris, Muscogee | 47 min |
| Mar 29, 7:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Harris, Talbot | 58 min |
| Mar 29, 8:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Harris, Muscogee | 68 min |
| Mar 29, 10:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Harris | 55 min |
| Mar 29, 11:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Harris | 56 min |
| Mar 29, 12:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Chattahoochee, Marion | 63 min |
| Mar 29, 1:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Chattahoochee, Muscogee, Talbot | 69 min |
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.