Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 29, 1991, 10:44 AM EST for Muscogee County, Georgia; Russell County, Alabama. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report 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, 10:44 AM EST (15:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 1991, 11:45 AM EST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Russell County, AL, Muscogee County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 11:30 AM EST | 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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 211 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 291544 TORCSG ALC113-GAC215-291645- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 1044 AM EST FRI MAR 29 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA ...RUSSELL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...MUSCOGEE COUNTY BASED ON POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTS IN RUSSELL COUNTY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 7:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Harris, Muscogee | 47 min |
| Mar 29, 8:32 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Harris, Talbot | 58 min |
| Mar 29, 9:52 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Harris, Muscogee | 68 min |
| Mar 29, 9:52 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Chattahoochee | 68 min |
| Mar 29, 11:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 55 min |
| Mar 29, 11:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Harris | 55 min |
| Mar 29, 12:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Muscogee | 56 min |
| Mar 29, 12:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Harris | 56 min |
| Mar 29, 1:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Chattahoochee, Marion | 63 min |
| Mar 29, 2:21 PM EST | 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.