Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 1991, 3:45 PM EDT for Colquitt County, Mitchell County, Worth County, Georgia. It was in force for 60 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 30, 1991, 3:45 PM EDT (19:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 1991, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Colquitt County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Worth County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 3:50 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Mitchell, GA | |
| Apr 30, 3:50 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Worth, 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
Apalachicola Mun, FL (KAQQ), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 30, 3:45 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
FLZ003-005-GAZ011-302045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 346 PM EDT (246 PM CDT) TUE APR 30 1991 AT 335 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED IN EXTREME EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY OF NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHERN SEMINOILE COUNTY OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 35 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE THROUGH SEMINOLE COUNTY AND INTO DECATUR COUNTY IN THE NEXT HOUR. RADAR INDICATED THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WINDS TO 45 MPH. PERSONS LIVING IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THIS DANGEROUS STORM...AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 9:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt | 40 min |
| Apr 30, 6:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Cook | 34 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.