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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 5, 1991Harris County, Muscogee County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at May 5, 1991, 5:13 PM EDT for Harris County, Muscogee County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 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: May 5, 1991, 5:13 PM EDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired: May 5, 1991, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Whole counties

Counties Harris County, GA, Muscogee County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 5, 5:15 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 0	Harris, 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 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 209 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 560 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCSG 052112
TORCSG
GAC145-215-052200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
513 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...HARRIS COUNTY...MUSCOGEE COUNTY
 
AT 510 PM A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC IN THE GREEN ISLAND
HILLS AREA OF NORTH COLUMBUS. WINDS AT COLUMBUS METRO AIRPORT HAVE
BEEN CLOCKED AT 81 MPH AT 511 PM EDT.
 
 
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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 5, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Harris, Muscogee	49 min
May 5, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Chattahoochee, Marion, Talbot	46 min
May 5, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Schley, Taylor	31 min
May 5, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Stewart	31 min
May 5, 6:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Sumter	35 min
May 5, 6:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Lee, Terrell	36 min
May 5, 7:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Colquitt	66 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.