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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 29, 1991Muscogee County, Georgia; Russell County, Alabama

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 29, 11:30 AM ESTThunderstorm Wind 0Russell, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 12:00Z on 1991-03-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 12:00Z on 1991-03-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 267 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 29, 7:43 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHarris, Muscogee47 min
Mar 29, 8:32 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHarris, Talbot58 min
Mar 29, 9:52 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHarris, Muscogee68 min
Mar 29, 9:52 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEChattahoochee68 min
Mar 29, 11:05 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEChattahoochee, Muscogee55 min
Mar 29, 11:05 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHarris55 min
Mar 29, 12:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEMuscogee56 min
Mar 29, 12:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHarris56 min
Mar 29, 1:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEChattahoochee, Marion63 min
Mar 29, 2:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEChattahoochee, Muscogee, Talbot69 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.