Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 1991, 7:49 PM CDT for Russell County, Alabama; Chattahoochee County, Muscogee County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 min. 3 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 9, 1991, 7:49 PM CDT (00:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 1991, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 7:50 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Russell, AL | |
| Apr 9, 8:08 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Chattahoochee, GA | |
| Apr 9, 8:12 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Muscogee, 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
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 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
- 33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -129 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1455 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 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 KCSG 100050 SVRCSG ALC113-GAC053-145-215-100130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 849 PM EDT TUE APR 9 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA ...RUSSELL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY...HARRIS COUNTY...MUSCOGEE COUNTY AT 845 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FRON LA GRANGE GEORGIA SOUTH TO NEAR SEALE ALABAMA MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING CITIES PHENIX CITY ALABAMA AND COLUMBUS...HAMILTON...AND CUSSETA GEORGIA. SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 4:32 PM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
FLZ005-GAZ011-092230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 530 PM EDT TUE APR 9 1991 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA BIG BEND AREA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. AT 525 PM EDT APALACHICOLA WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHEAST LEON COUNTY AND WERE BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN LEON COUNTY BETWEEN 400 AND 500 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. AT 525 PM OBSERVERS IN WOODVILLE REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL. OTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN THOMAS COUNTY GEORGIA AND EXTREME NORTHERN LEON COUNTY FLORIDA. PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST LEON...AND CENTRAL AND NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES IN FLORIDA...AS WELL AS SOUTHERN THOMAS AND SOUTHWEST GRADY COUNTIES IN GEORGIA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING... LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS \AND POSSIBLY HAIL DURING THE NEXT HOUR AS THESE STORMS MOVE EAST NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA.
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 5:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
FLZ005-GA011-092300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 600 PM EDT TUE APR 9 1991 THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. AT AROUND 450 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST LEON AND WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES...AND OVER EXTREME NORTHERN LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA. AT AROUND 530 PM EDT OBSERVERS AT FIRE STATION NO. 5 IN WOODVILLE REPORTED HAIL UP TO MARBLE SIZE COVERING THE GROUND. SHORTLY BEFORE 6 PM EDT WCTV TV IN EXTREME NORTHERN LEON COUNTY REPORTED HAIL FROM PEA TO MARBLE SIZE COVERING THE GROUND. SOME BRIEF POWER OUTAGES WERE ALSO REPORTED BY WTXL TV IN NORTHERN LEON COUNTY. OTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OBSERVED OVER CENTRAL GRADY COUNTY IN GEORGIA...AND PERSONS IN SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL GRADY COUNTY AS WELL AS WESTERN BROOKS COUNTY IN GEORGIA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL DURING THE NEXT HOUR AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS THEIR AREA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING GENERALLY TOWARDS THE EAST AT AROUND 20 MPH.
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 5:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
FLZ005-GA011-092300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 600 PM EDT TUE APR 9 1991 THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. AT AROUND 550 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST LEON AND WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES...AND OVER EXTREME NORTHERN LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA. AT AROUND 530 PM EDT OBSERVERS AT FIRE STATION NO. 5 IN WOODVILLE REPORTED HAIL UP TO MARBLE SIZE COVERING THE GROUND. SHORTLY BEFORE 6 PM EDT WCTV TV IN EXTREME NORTHERN LEON COUNTY REPORTED HAIL FROM PEA TO MARBLE SIZE COVERING THE GROUND. SOME BRIEF POWER OUTAGES WERE ALSO REPORTED BY WTXL TV IN NORTHERN LEON COUNTY. OTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OBSERVED OVER CENTRAL GRADY COUNTY IN GEORGIA...AND PERSONS IN SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL GRADY COUNTY AS WELL AS WESTERN BROOKS COUNTY IN GEORGIA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL DURING THE NEXT HOUR AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS THEIR AREA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING GENERALLY TOWARDS THE EAST AT AROUND 20 MPH.
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 5:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
FLZ005-GAZ011-092300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 600 PM EDT TUE APR 9 1991 THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. AT AROUND 550 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST LEON AND WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES...AND OVER EXTREME NORTHERN LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA. AT AROUND 530 PM EDT OBSERVERS AT FIRE STATION NO. 5 IN WOODVILLE REPORTED HAIL UP TO MARBLE SIZE COVERING THE GROUND. SHORTLY BEFORE 6 PM EDT WCTV TV IN EXTREME NORTHERN LEON COUNTY REPORTED HAIL FROM PEA TO MARBLE SIZE COVERING THE GROUND. SOME BRIEF POWER OUTAGES WERE ALSO REPORTED BY WTXL TV IN NORTHERN LEON COUNTY. OTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OBSERVED OVER CENTRAL GRADY COUNTY IN GEORGIA...AND PERSONS IN SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL GRADY COUNTY AS WELL AS WESTERN BROOKS COUNTY IN GEORGIA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL DURING THE NEXT HOUR AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS THEIR AREA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING GENERALLY TOWARDS THE EAST AT AROUND 20 MPH.
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 6:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
FLZ005-100030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 725 PM EDT TUE APR 9 1991 AT 720 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO REDEVELOP OVER EASTERN AND SOUTHERN LEON COUNTY...AND OVER WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL...SO MORE HAIL IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT HOUR ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. AS LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL OVER SOME AREAS...SOME POOLING OF WATER IS LIKELY ON STREETS AND HIGHWAYS...ALTHOUGH NO FLOODING PROBLEMS ARE BEING REPORTED AT THE PRESENT TIME. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 7:29 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
FLZ005-100130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 825 PM EDT TUE APR 9 1991 THUNDERSTORMS DIMINISHING OVER SOUTHERN AND EASTERN LEON...AND WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES OF NORTH FLORIDA. AT AROUND 820 PM EDT APALACHICOLA WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN AND EASTERN LEON AND WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES OF NORTH FLORIDA HAD DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY. AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINDUED OVER PORTIONS OF LEON... JEFFERSON...MADISON...WAKULLA AND LIBERTY COUNTIES...BUT THE INTENSE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OF THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS HAD ENDED. THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT UNLESS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY REDEVELOPS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Harris | 41 min |
| Apr 9, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart, Webster | 41 min |
| Apr 9, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Macon, Taylor | 41 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1991Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1991Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1991
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.