Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 1991, 6:11 PM EDT for Cook County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 30, 1991, 6:11 PM EDT (22:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 1991, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cook County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Apalachicola Mun, FL (KAQQ), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCSG 302209 TORCSG GAC075-302245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 611 PM EDT TUE APR 30 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA ...COOK COUNTY AT 6 10 PM A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC NEAR SPARKS GEORGIA...JUST NORTH OF ADEL. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
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 30, 3:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 26 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.
Special weather statement, Apr 30, 4:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
FLZ003-005-006-007-GAZ011-012-302200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 455 PM EDT (355 PM CDT) TUE APR 30 1991 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BROOKS COUNTY OF GEORGIA AND FOR MADISON...LAFAYETTE AND DIXIE COUNTIES OF FLORIDA UNTIL 10:00 PM EDT... AT 445 PM EDT(345 PM CDT) NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR ALBANY AND MOULTRIE GEORGIA AND ACROSS THE BORDER INTO SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND THEN SOUTH OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE NEAR MARIANNA FLORIDA TO BLOUTSTOWN FLORIDA TO EAST OF PANAMA CITY AND OUT OVER THE GULF WATERS BEYOND 125 MILES SOUTHWEST THROUGH WEST OF APALACHICOLA. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST NORTHWEST OF TALLHASSEE. PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS NORTHEAST A&T 30 TO 35 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. GJM
Special weather statement, Apr 30, 6:10 PM EDT, 1 minute before
FLZ005-006-007-GAZ011-012-302315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 607 PM EDT TUE APR 30 1991 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BROOKS COUNTY OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND FOR DIXIE...MADISON AND LAFAYETTE COUNTIES OF FLORIDA UNTIL 10:00 PM EDT... AT 600 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM ALBANY AND MOULTRIE GEORGIA AND ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA TO JUST NORTHEAST OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA AND THEN OUT OVER THE GULF WATERS FOR BEYOND 125 MILES SOUTHWEST OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. THE PUBLIC HAS ALREADY REPORTED SOME SMALL HAIL FROM THESE STORMS IN TALLAHASSEE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RAiDIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
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, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Mitchell, Worth | 60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.