Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Apr 26, 1996, 5:57 PM EDT (21:57 UTC)

Expired

Apr 26, 1996, 6:45 PM EDT

In force

48 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Glascock County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Washington County, 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.

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TTAA00 KATL 262157
SVRATL
GAC125-163-303-262245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
557 PM EDT FRI APR 26 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...GLASCOCK COUNTY...NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY
   ...NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
AT 555 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY...NORTH OF WARTHEN...MOVING
TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM HAS DEVELOPED RAPIDLY AND WILL MOVE
INTO GLASCOCK AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BY 620 PM.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DO
N'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

In the hours before

GAZ061-062-072>076-078>084-091>096-105-107-261730-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
12335 PM EDT FRI APR 26 1996

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM COLUMBUS GEORGIA THROUGH
MARION...TAYLOR...CRAWFORD COUNTIES INTO BIBB COUNTY AND EXTENDING TO
NEAR AGUSTA GEORGIA IS MOVING SOUTHEAST WITH INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.  THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
UP TO 1 INCH AN HOUR WHICH MAY PRODUCE BRIEF LOCALIZED FLOODING.
ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH...VERY HEAVY
RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL.

PEOPLE IN CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO RAPIDLY CHANGING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO
AND TV STATIONS.

MPM

GAZ080-081-082-091-092-093-094-095-103-104-105-122-123-124-262130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
428 PM EDT FRI APR 26 1996

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR SEVERAL
COUNTIES IN WESTCENTRAL GEORGIA...

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH...

BIBB...CRAWFORD...TAYLOR...MARION...WEBSTER...SCHLEY...MACON...
PEACH...HOUSTON...DOOLEY...SUMTER...TERRELL...RANDOLPH...AND CLAY.

AT 425 PM EDT A BAND OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED
TO DRIFT FARTHER SOUTH ACROSS GEORGIA. THEREFORE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF THE REST OF
SOUTHERN AND EASTCENTRAL GEORGIA.

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

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.