Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Apr 29, 1996, 5:03 PM EDT (21:03 UTC)

Expired

Apr 29, 1996, 5:30 PM EDT

In force

27 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Whole counties

County Heard County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

000 
TTAA00 KATL 292103
SVRATL
GAC149-292130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
503 PM EDT MON APR 29 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...HEARD COUNTY
 
AT 502 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE
TOWN OF GLENN MOVING TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL
MOVE NEAR FRANKLIN BY 515 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
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

In the hours before

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
091>098-103>113-292200-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...CORRECTED EXPIRATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1135 AM EDT MON APR 29 1996

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM A LOW PRESSURE CENTER OVER ILLINOIS
SOUTHWARD INTO LOUISIANA WILL MOVE EAST INTO ALBAMA BY MIDNIGHT.

THE STRENGTH OF THE COLD FRONT TO LIFT THE AIR...AND THE INCREASED
BUOYANCY OF THE AIR AS WARMTH AND MOISTURE IS ADDED FROM THE GULF OF
MEXICO...WILL RESULT IN SOME STRONG AND POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PEOPLE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
ACTIVATION DURING THIS PERIOD.
DH

GAZ075-076-084>086-096>098-107>113-291845-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1245 PM EDT MON APR 29 1996

THUNDERSTORMS WILL  CONTINUE TO AFFECT MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL
GEORGIA THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY
PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SMALL HAIL.

AT 1245 PM THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER EMANUEL...JOHNSON...
...WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

PEOPLE IN CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD PAY  ATTENTION TO RAPIDLY CHANGING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO RESPOND IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.