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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 27, 1991Harris County, Talbot County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 1991, 8:42 PM EDT for Harris County, Talbot County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 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
Apr 27, 1991, 8:42 PM EDT (00:42 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 1991, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Harris County, GA, Talbot County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 27, 9:10 PM EDTHail 1.75Talbot, 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

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 190 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, Athens Municipal, GA at 00:00Z on 1991-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 286 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, Athens Municipal, GA at 00:00Z on 1991-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 162 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
286 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
720 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
283 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCSG 280042
TORCSG
GAC145-263-280130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
842 PM EDT SAT APR 27 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...EASTERN HARRIS COUNTY...TALBOT COUNTY
 
AT 840 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE
TORNADO ALONG THE HARRIS..TALBOT COUNTY LINE JUST EAST OF
WAVERLY HALL MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
 
 
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
Apr 27, 8:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHarris, Talbot69 min
Apr 27, 9:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAETaylor52 min
Apr 28, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEMarion51 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.