Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 1991, 4:48 PM EDT for Lee County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 19, 1991, 4:48 PM EDT (20:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 1991, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lee County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Apalachicola Mun, FL (KAQQ), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 242 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
- 1303 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 718 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCSG 192048 TORCSG GAC177-192115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 448 PM EDT FRI APR 19 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA ...LEE COUNTY AT 445 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST EAST OF LEESBURG GEORGIA MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. A FUNNEL CLOUD HAS BEEN REPORTED. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A D!ITCH OR LOW SPOT.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 19, 1:14 PM EDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
FLZ005-191815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 115 PM EDT FRI APR 19 1991 AT 105 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL LOCATED IN CENTRAL LEON COUNTY ONE MILE NORTH OF THE TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH AND WILL LIKELY MOVE ACROSS TALLAHASSEE DURING THE NEXT HOUR. PERSONS LIVING IN TALLAHASSEE CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAINS POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SMALL HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THIS STORM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA.
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 1:43 PM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
FLZ005-191845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 144 PM EDT FRI APR 19 1991 AT 130 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL LOCATED 25 MILES SOUTHWEST...15 MILES NORTHWEST AND 5 MILES NORTH OF THE TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. PERSONS LIVING IN THIS AREA CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...STRONG WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 2:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
FLZ005-GAZ011-191930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 233 PM EDT FRI APR 19 1991 AT 225 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST AND 10 TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF HAVANA FLORIDA. THIS CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED PEA SIZE HAIL AS IT MOVED ACROSS TALLAHASSEE DURING THE PAST HOUR. THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE THROUGH HAVANA AND QUINCY IN GADSDEN COUNTY FLORIDA..AND THEN UP INTO GRADY AND DECATUR COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA IN THE NEXT HOUR. PERSONS LIVING IN THI AREA CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAINS MIXED POSSIBLY WITH SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNI6NG AND STRONGS WINDS AS THESE STORMS PASS THROUGH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 3:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
FLZ003-005-GAZ011-192030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 325 PM EDT (225 PM CDT) FRI APR 19 1991 THIS STATEMENT IS FOR PERSONS IN CALHOUN...LIBERTY...GADSDEN AND LEON COUNTIES IN FLORIDA...AND DECATUR...GRADY AND THOMAS COUNTIES IN GEORGIA. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTH FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. AT 320 PM EDT APALACHICOLA WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A BAND FROM EXTREME EASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY ACROSS GADSDEN...LIBERTY...AND CENTRAL AND NORTHERN LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA...AND INTO SOUTHEASTERN GRADY AND SOUTHERN THOMAS COUNTIES IN GEORGIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS. INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH...AND THE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS DEVELOPING NORTHWARD. WITHIN THE NrEXT HOUR...THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTH AND EAST INTO SOUTHERN DECATUR...GRADY AND THOMAS COUNTIES IN GEORGIA.
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 4:35 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
FLZ003-005-GAZ011-012-192145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 436 PM EDT (336 PM CDT) FRI APR 19 1991 THIS STATEMENT IS FOR PERSONS IN CALHOUN...LIBERTY...GADSDEN AND LEON COUNTIES OF NORTH FLORIDA...AND DECATUR...GRADY...THOMAS AND BROOKS COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. AT 430 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A CLUSTER OVER EASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY...AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LIBERTY COUNTIES OF NORTH FLORIDA. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED IN SOUTHERN DECATUR...NORTHERN GRADY...THOMAS AND BROOKS COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TOWARD THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dougherty | 67 min |
| Apr 19, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Chattahoochee, Stewart | 41 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Georgia, 1991Every tornado warning in 1991Tornadoes 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.